The 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Saturday, disclosed its role during the Sit-at-Home directives observed across the South-East and beyond on the orders of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB.

In a detailed statement issued by Colonel Sagir Musa, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, he said the Army exhibited a high sense of professionalism through which it escaped a trap set by the Biafra groups and some of their international collaborators. ‎


Ever busy Niger Bridge empty on Biafra Day
The statement entitled “THE COMPLEXITY OF INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA”, reads in full:

“Between the 27 – 30 May 2017, there seems to be a dramatic increase in the number of phone calls the 82 Division Army Public Relations Department received from all manners of journalists – conventional reporters, freelancers, the online and social media activists. Though dogged and inquisitive, yet, the traditional reporters appeared, as usual, more refined and professional than the bloggers and other social media elements who mostly – “the Cult of the Amateurs” are regularly sounding vociferous and uncouth in their inquiries.

“It was all about the MASSOB/IPOB’s Sit – At – Home Order and how they (MASSOB/IPOB members) planned to enforce the order in the South East (SE) using propaganda, intimidation, harassment and brute force as tactics, and the constitutional duty of security agencies to ensure peace, security and the protection of human rights.

“It was about the probable/impending confrontation between MASSOB/IPOB members and the security agencies. The assumption was much, and the apprehension was palpable in the SE if not the entire nation.

“Fundamentally, some journalists and indeed the public wish to know, – how, – what miracle the security agencies/Nigerian Army (NA) used to manage the security threats, that was obvious – on the 27 – 30 May 2017?

“Similarly, in view of the plans and intrigues to lure or provoke the NA into confrontation with MASSOB/IPOB, and the organized propaganda campaigns to discredit the NA (should there be a clash), journalists were curious to know how the army was able to extricate itself from the “MASSOB/IPOB’s trap”.

“Instructively, the grand machination to inveigle and embarrass the NA and other security agencies in the build up to Sit – At – Home Order became manifest on 18 and 19 May 2017, when there was deliberate but unusual presence of IPOB women wing in Abiriba Stadium, – all dressed in Biafran T-Shirts, exhibited Biafran flags, banners and other insignia.

“The subsequent “drama of unclothedness” and the comical allegation of rights infractions by IPOB’s propagandists against the soldiers on patrol in Abiriba further buttressed the point. Likewise, when (on 30 May 2017), IPOB’s foot soldiers and louts barricaded parts of Umuahia – Aba – Port Harcourt express way, vandalized the few vehicles they encountered, and enforced closure of markets and other businesses in different locations across the SE, the intention was to lure the NA into serious clashes.

“Also, between 29 -30 May 2017, there were claims on the pages of newspapers and social media platforms, baseless as they seemed, – all arranged by MASSOB/IPOB to malign the image of the NA.

“For instance, an old video clip of about 7 years old (shows some army personnel allegedly maltreating civilians), suddenly resurfaced on social media, – insinuating that NA troops tortured secessionist agitators in Onitsha on the 30 May 2017. Allegations of shootings of IPOB’s members in Aba and Umuahia during a procession in honour of “Biafran heroes and heroines”, and the plan by the army to arrest Nnamdi Kanu were simultaneously churned out to the public with the major aim of courting local and international attention/sympathy at the detriment of the NA.

“ Also, the claimed presence of ‘International observers and mediators’ allegedly primed to observe, docume

IPOB will continue to be your nemesis until you stop being bloodletting animals who use live bullets on unarmed citizens but run when you sight armed Boko haram. How many times did the UK army shoot scottish seccesionists?

Amnesty Int'l and other international rights bodies are watching you closely. Animals!

Stuffs for the legends. This lie can cripple Lie Mohammed

Meanwhile, somewhere in Umuahia

Shameless force.

Nig can never remain the same again.

IPOB ndi oma.

Face saving press release ipob had greater intelligence than you see the way they made you leave all the country un concentrate on ipob as a matter of fact ur presence helped make it successful cos no one will come out seeing ur tanks and machine guns. Ipob victor again!

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All this weak ass Nigerian soldiers, they are only good in cooking up lies of any sort to cover up their devilish deeds.. Who believes them in this 21st century ..Rubbish ...Trash as usual...

How come Nigerian Army is now circumspect about confronting IPOB? could it be because their Rabbis (Obummer and Cameron) has left the building?