It’s now official — at least in military circles — the organisation led by Nnamdi Kanu is a terror group.

John Enenche, the director, defence information, said on Friday that the claim by Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) that it is non-violent is not true “after due professional analysis and recent developments”.

He listed what constitutes “terrorism” as the formation of a Biafra secret service, setting up of Biafra national guard, unauthorised blocking of public access roads and extortion of money from innocent civilians at illegal road blocks.

To support the military’s position, he said IPOB used weapons (stones, molotov cocktails, machetes and broken bottles, among others) on a patrol on September 10, 2017.

“From the foregoing, the Armed Forces of Nigeria wish to confirm to the general public that IPOB from all intent, plan and purpose as analysed, is a militant terrorist organisation,” he said.

BUT 24 HOURS AGO…

Enenche’s claims sharply contrasted with the press release issued by the army on Thursday — or 24 hours earlier — according to an analysis done by TheCable team.

In the statement, reproduced below, the army said: “While they are yet to carry arms openly in their activities, it is very likely that they would employ the use of arms in the days ahead.”

Did IPOB take delivery of arms between Thursday and Friday? Or were they declared terrorists because of what they may do?

It should be noted, though, that the army constantly used the word “insurgency” to describe IPOB’s activities in the press statement.

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/question-24-hours-ago-army-said-ipob-unarmed-changed-overnight

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