Designation Of IPOB As A Terrorist Organisation, Ploy To Commit Genocide In Southeast -CLO

The foremost Nigerian Civil Society Organization, Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), has described the designation of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) as a terrorist organization by the Defence Headquarters as a ploy by the army to commit genocide in Igbo land.

Speaking in an interview with irukkanews, one of the leaders of the group, Harrison Azebunwan said the reason given by the Defence Headquarters Director of Information, which include,` militant possession of and use of weapons, stones, Molotov cocktails, machetes and broken bottles, among others, the formation of Biafra Secret Service, claimed formation of Biafra National Guard, unauthorized blocking of public roads, extortion of money from innocent civilians and illegal road blocks, flies in the face.

He said if those allegedly using stones, machetes and broken bottles could be designated terrorists, why has the Nigerian Army not designated the Fulani herdsmen that is using AK47 and committing mass murder terrorist organization?

According to him, if illegally blocking road and extorting money from innocent civilians could be described as acts of terrorism ,then the Nigerian armed forces should also designated a terrorist organization because illegal blocking OF roads, harassing, intimidating and extorting money from innocent civilians have become its stock in trade.

On the operation python dance, Azebunwan described it as a hateful and vengeful mission against the people of the southeast.

He said operation python dance is about oppression, suppression, harassment and intimidation of the people.

The activist said the intent and purpose of operation python dance is to cause genocide in Igbo land.

His words,"Instead of operation python dance, which is pretentious, they should have called it operation scorpion dance. The reason for this is because the tropical python is docile and nonvenomous which contradicts their punitive measures in the south east. The northern Nigeria dominated Nigeria Army is out to achieve the agenda of the Arewa youths which is to annihilate the people of the south east. The month of October is around the corner so they want to provoke the people of the southeast to take one or two wrong steps, so that the Arewa youths would kill those living in the north under the guise of reprisal attack”.

He called on the international community to call the Nigerian army to order

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