The Indigenous People of Biafra has requested the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to cease linking the group with the Finland-based Simon Ekpa’s autopilot group.
It insisted that IPOB had nothing to do with Ekpa and his group.
The pro-Biafran group was reacting to the claims by the governor that the police neutralised 27 kidnapping gangs of Eastern Security Network members loyal to the Ekpa at varied places within the state.
In a press release on Thursday, the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, stated the claims weren’t solely false but additionally “cheap propaganda” towards IPOB and ESN, insisting that Ekpa’s autopilot group and the 27 kidnapping gangs weren’t members of IPOB.
“The world household of IPOB needs to debunk the fabricated and fallacious information peddled by the Enugu State governor’s media workplace, the place they declare that the Nigerian Police neutralised 27 kidnapping gangs of ESN members loyal to the Finland-based group at varied places in Enugu State.
“The declare shouldn’t be solely false but additionally an affordable propaganda towards IPOB and ESN. According to the report, the Enugu State governor’s media workplace claimed that the Nigerian Police neutralised 27 criminals and kidnappers inside two weeks at varied places within the state.
“The Nigerian Police and Enugu State authorities stated that among the neutralised criminals are pro-Biafra agitators loyal to the Finland-based double agent.
“Then why did they turn around and associate these criminals with the noble IPOB family? In the usual malicious intent, the police claimed that the so-called neutralised criminals were ESN operatives loyal to autopilot IPOB,” the assertion learn.
It reiterated that the Ekpa had no relationship with the ESN from the formation thus far or with IPOB, including that the abductors had nothing in widespread with the Biafra battle.
“For a very long time, IPOB has maintained that there’s nothing like autopilot in IPOB. More so, the felony gang chief in Finland has no relationship with ESN from the formation of ESN thus far or with IPOB.
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“The criminals and kidnappers don’t have anything in widespread with IPOB, ESN, and the Biafra battle.
“The Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah and the Nigeria Police in Enugu State ought to cease being maliciously mischievous. They ought to cease the pointless blackmail towards IPOB and name the criminals by their names.
“Already, the criminals captured said where they belong and it is not with the IPOB’s Eastern Security Network,” the assertion added.
It warned the governor’s media workplace to desist from linking ESN and IPOB to the self-acclaimed autopilot chief, a double agent in Finland and his criminals in Enugu or anyplace else in Biafra land.
It added that each one ESN operatives had been underneath the command of the Directorate of States of the IPOB.
The group insisted that there have been no ESN operatives loyal to the autopilot in Finland, declaring that IPOB had neither a faction nor any associates.
“ESN operatives don’t get entangled in any felony actions. They are disciplined vigilantes who’re strictly centered on their mandate of dislodging the terrorists nicknamed herdsmen from destroying our farmers and farmlands.
“Biafrans can testify that ever for the reason that ESN was shaped, ESN operatives have by no means been concerned in crimes, nor have they threatened the peace and safety of Biafrans that they vowed to guard.
“The Nigeria government and its murderous security agencies should stop blackmailing IPOB and ESN by associating our hallowed ESN with the autopilot gang and their leader,” the assertion added.