One of the survivors of the attack against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the joint personnel of the police and the Department of State Security (DSS) says he had to run into a Catholic church to escape shooting from the security agents during the killing of their members in Emene, Enugu State, last week.

The IPOB member, who witnessed the attack, said he knew 15 persons who were killed that day by the Nigerians security forces.


"They attempted to shoot me,” the IPOB member, who did not want to be named, said. “One of the DSS officials ran after me as I was running into a Catholic church. The reverend father protected me".

The survivor said contrary to claims by the police and the DSS that the IPOB first attacked the law enforcement agents, the youth only picked up sticks and stones to defend themselves after they were shot at. He said they were unarmed.

However, the security agencies said IPOB attacked them first with sticks that had nails, adding that they had been shot at by IPOP before they reinforced.


The survivor said contrary to claims by the police and the DSS that the IPOB first attacked the law enforcement agents, the youth only picked up sticks and stones to defend themselves after they were shot at. He said they were unarmed.

However, the security agencies said IPOB attacked them first with sticks that had nails, adding that they had been shot at by IPOP before they reinforced.

The survivor said when the police returned with reinforcements, they began harassing innocent persons in the neighbourhood.

They demanded to know where IPOB members, who escaped from Emene Community Secondary School where they were having a meeting, had run to.

"When they came the second time, they started arresting innocent youths that were not involved, asking where people ran to,” he said.

He said since the incident; security agents had been cracking down on IPOB members.


"They have been doing house-to-house searches, stopping people on buses, checking peoples’ phones,” he said. “If they see any Biafran symbol on your phone, they will arrest you. People cannot walk on the streets. They have been patrolling everywhere.”

A woman who lives in the neighbourhood where the killings happened in Emene told SaharaReporters that the law enforcement agents appeared to be scared of a protest by IPOB.

A woman who lives in the neighbourhood where the killings happened in Emene told SaharaReporters that the law enforcement agents appeared to be scared of a protest by IPOB.

“The army guys were wrong. They are the ones who shot first. They set up a roadblock along the Abakaliki Expressway in Enugu. They have been searching any youths they see in transit,” the woman, who is not a member of IPOB but craved anonymity, said.

She said Emene had been calm since the killings. “IPOB guys have never carried arms. They don’t act violently or harass people. Even though they want Biafra, they know they have to maintain the peace,” she said.

IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu who jumped bail in Nigeria and now lives abroad, is seeking the independent state of Biafra that would comprise the territories that were old eastern Nigeria before the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War between 1967 and 1970.

IPOP has endured numerous killings of its members by the Nigerian armed forces as documented by Amnesty International.

Despite not bearing arms or killing people, the Nigerian government branded IPOB a terrorist organisation and outlawed it. 



http://saharareporters.com/2020/08/31/nigerian-army-conducting-house-house-search-ipob-members-after-enugu-killings-survivor

e go be.

Is it that the governors we have in the South east are just dumb...


Did they come for their pockets

Lalasticlala let the world see what's up for Enugu na

IMO, the part of the constitution that forces Nigerians to unite should be reviewed.

If IPOB no longer wants to be part of Nigeria, they should be granted freedom.

You can't force unity, when the people are not interested.

Which reminds me of a saying that says, Only an insane person solve problems with a problem

Nigeria terrorist called army are only good in terrorising unarmed civilians.





The reason i don't pity them when they are killed by Boko haram.

The army won't be doing this if ipob didn't actually kill soldiers. That's if this story is even true.

This is very commendable from the Nigeria army, no place for terrorists or any form of criminality in Nigeria.

One day, this Zoo will beg ipob and other Biafrans to come for a round table negotiation, they will later beg to restructure and all what not, but by then, it would have been too late.

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yarimo:
This is very commendable from the Nigeria army, no place for terrorists or any form of criminality in Nigeria.

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The paedophile you call prophet is the one true terrorist

MrColdsweat:
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The paedophile you call prophet is the one true terrorist

He is a child rapiest !

IPOB clowns should go and sit down. I don’t support fools. Nonsense

yarimo:
This is very commendable from the Nigeria army, no place for terrorists or any form of criminality in Nigeria.

Direct that effort into crushing you terrorist Fulani herdsmen brothers in the north. IPOB are not terrorist no matter the trash you spill. They only have clowns heading their organisation, who think everything is by threats and insults. And more will keep getting shot at because they allow a miscreant in London to be pushing them to their deaths.

Commonsense99:

One day, this Zoo will beg ipob and other Biafrans to come for a round table negotiation, they will later beg to restructure and all what not, but by then, it would have been too late.

That will be in your weirdest dreams

I can't stop laughing,just like their forefathers they are fighting armed men with sticks n stones.
Thumbs up to those law enforcement agents for putting d terrorist in their place

You tag peaceful IPOB as terrorist, you sent your zombie force to deal with them, you killed them and you rejoice over it...God won't let you see joy till you dying days, sorrow will follow you till your dying days.

Did this bias, terrorist and incompetent govt react same way against boko, herdsmen and bandit?NO! If you support the wicked act orchestrated by this govt then you ain't suppose to be among the living.

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yarimo:
This is very commendable from the Nigeria army, no place for terrorists or any form of criminality in Nigeria.

hollah123:
That will be in your weirdest dreams

I can't stop laughing,just like their forefathers they are fighting armed men with sticks n stones.
Thumbs up to those law enforcement agents for putting d terrorist in their place[/s]

One side of the story...

Commonsense99:

One day, this Zoo will beg ipob and other Biafrans to come for a round table negotiation, they will later beg to restructure and all what not, but by then, it would have been too late.

Commonsense99 or nocommonsense99 ?

Which one exactly?

yarimo:
This is very commendable from the Nigeria army, no place for terrorists or any form of criminality in Nigeria.

the tribal bigot has spoken, yet there’s always eerie silence when it’s about Boko Haram or Fulani herdsmen terrorists.. it is well

Mynd44 lalasticlala come and do justice to this thread fp

Which kind country be this na??

The beginning

Everybody knows what this government is doing in relation to IPOB. They dont like Igbos agitation so they tried to give a Dog a bad name to kill it. What the authorities do is to go and shoot unarmed people so as to provoke a violent reaction, then they blame the violence on IPOB. But unfortunately for them, this is the age of social media where exchange information as it happens so that people are always closer to the truth.

The government is not fooling anyone in their attempt to make IPOB look like a terrorist organisation