By Praise Necherem
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over alleged slaughtering of farmers in Enugu State by suspected killer Fulani herdsmen.
It said the renewed attacks in different communities in the State had exposed the hypocrisy of the Nigeria military, Police and other security agencies.
In a statement from the Director, Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, IPOB assured those involved of their failure in the region of the preparedness of its gallant men to teach them lessons in the only language they understood.
The statement read in part, “The renewed, barbaric and unprovoked attacks on different communities in Enugu State by Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen have once again exposed the hypocrisy of the compromised Nigeria Military, Police and other security agencies supervising the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Biafrans by the Fulani.”
The outlawed group further alleged, “The same double-faced and Fulani-controlled Nigerian security agencies hunting for the operatives of the Eastern Security Network ESN, are watching Fulani herdsmen as they continue their killing spree across Biafra land.
Instead of halting these genocidal attacks against innocent Biafrans, the compromised and complicit Nigeria security agencies take pleasure in hunting and killing our volunteers defending our ancestral land.”
It continued that, “The massacre of innocent Biafrans at Ehamufu in Enugu State Wednesday morning unchallenged by the security agents is another confirmation of the criminal role of the Nigeria security agencies in the evil agenda of the Fulani in Nigeria.
The barbaric attacks on the hapless people of Eha-amufu and Ogbuji communities in Isi-uzo Local Government has proven that Nigerian soldiers’ singular agenda in Biafraland is to be distracting the ESN and IPOB and thereby create the environment for Fulani Herdsmen to continue with their land-grabbing tendency and atrocities against Biafran communities.”
It therefore said, “We, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, therefore, want to remind the Fulani jihadists masquerading as herdsmen and their partners in crime that they won’t succeed in Biafra land as long as we exist. Our gallant men will again teach them in the only language they understand. We did it before and they attested to that, and we shall do it again.
Since the Nigeria security agencies have chosen to provide cover for known terrorists killing law-abiding and innocent citizens, it has become an existential duty on IPOB to keep defending our ancestral land no matter the cost.”
It further alleged that, “The army, police and DSS are quick to use their bombs and tanks against us but look the other way when Fulani jihadists masquerading as Herdsmen embark upon their pillage and massacre of innocent Biafrans.
The Enugu State governor and other politicians including traditional rulers has suddenly gone blind, deaf and dumb over the killing of innocent citizens in the State. Where is their forest guard nonsense which he set up obviously to fight ESN?”, it queried
“Where is their Ebube monkey joke which their masters compelled them to set up as a counter force against ESN? Now that pregnant mothers are being killed, their stomach ripped open and the foetus ripped apart where are the politicians and stakeholders in the State, the Chief Security officer of Enugu State and all the security apparatus set up?
We don’t understand why most politicians and stakeholders are not protecting citizens from Fulani terrorists attacks in the hands of this killer squad sent to eliminate our people but IPOB and ESN will not allow that to happen, we are coming to display our might to Fulani terrorists in every part of Biafra”, the group concluded.
Recall that there have been series of attacks in recent times in Aku, Uzo-Uwani and some parts of Isi-Uzo Local Government Areas in the State which claimed the lives of some farmers and left many injured including pregnant women and youths.