IPOB threatens violence, alleges ethnic cleansing in Imo

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm implicit what it described arsenic the concealed and indiscriminate elimination of Igbo youths, peculiarly successful Orlu, Imo State.

The pro-Biafra radical successful a connection by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Ema Powerful, titled: ‘Nigerian authorities is secretly silencing the South East region,’ alleged that the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police were down the dastardly act.

IPOB condemned the alleged “indiscriminate and extrajudicial executions” of Igbo youths crossed the South-East region, peculiarly successful Orlu state of Imo State

“The latest extrajudicial execution of immoderate youths from Obidi Ogberuru of Ihite-Owerri, successful Orlu, by soldiers is among the astir horrible soundless taste cleansing practices that the Nigerian Government is sponsoring against Ndigbo successful the region.

“These murdered youths were going astir their mean concern peacefully. Sadly, they were accosted by the soldiers connected patrol and were changeable dormant for doing nothing. There are galore unreported killings and forced disappearances of the youths successful the region, peculiarly successful Imo State, by Nigerian information forces.

“Why is the Nigerian Army patrolling successful our villages? The soundless genocide of Igbo youths successful the region, which started during the Muhammadu Buhari regime, has been sustained successful existent Bola Tinubu’s government. Why the hate? Nigerian soldiers and Police are the existent terrorists terrorising Ndigbo and making the portion unsafe,” the connection work successful part.

The radical noted that Tinubu’s authorities was doing everything to provoke Ndigbo to prime up arms successful self-defence truthful that it tin unleash a afloat warfare connected Ndigbo similar his kinsmen did betwixt 1967 and 1970.

It added: “We are alerting Igbo governors, Ndigbo astatine home, and Ndigbo successful the Diaspora, the planetary community, and quality rights organisations to beryllium alert of the soundless genocide being perpetrated by the Nigeria authorities against unarmed civilians successful the South-East.”

IPOB, therefore, advised Igbo governors to enactment towards stopping the indiscriminate arrests, extrajudicial executions, and forceful disappearances of Igbo youths successful the hands of information forces. It alleged that the Nigerian authorities and its information forces had profiled Ndigbo for elimination.