Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned the practice of forcing travellers in Southeast Nigeria to alight from their vehicles and pass through security checkpoints on foot.

According to the lawyer, this is ordered by security personnel, especially the police and soldiers.

SaharaReporters has observed that across the five states in the Southeast region namely Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, there are checkpoints where security personnel compel travellers in commercial transport vehicles to alight and pass through on foot.

While such practice is enforced at security checkpoints at the borders, there are some security checkpoints within the states where travellers, particularly those in commercial vehicles including buses, tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep and motorcycles, are forced to alight and pass through.

Reacting to the practice, Ejimakor in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday described it as institutional humiliation and oppression of the people of the Southeast region started by former President Muhammadu Buhari and continued by President Bola Tinubu’s government.

He wrote, “The phenomenon in Igboland in which every passenger is forced to alight from vehicles & cross on foot at security checkpoints is an exemplar of the institutional humiliation & oppression of Ndigbo that started with Buhari & continues to this day. And it fuels provocation to boot.”

https://saharareporters.com/2023/10/02/forcing-igbo-travellers-pass-security-checkpoints-foot-humiliation-oppression-ipob

But forcing people to observe sit at home is not humiliation.

Nothing wrong in that

It's done in every volatile area in Nigeria

Forcing igbos to stay at home is not humiliation but security is the humiliation.

This weird beast should be castrated and sacrificed to the goddess of foolishness.

I have no doubt he is the largest consumer of the human beings being butchered by ipob terrorists.

The ordinary igbos have really suffered in the hands of ugm with their cluelessness on how to achieve Biafra and in the hands of the military with their defeatist mentality.

Which one is disembark in check point . Why has African military refused to shape up, tufiakwa

Ask Maiduguri people.
This is the reason we advice you guys to expose the terrorists in your environment, now you have started feeling what Maiduguri people were facing abi.

Miracle2020:
Ask Maiduguri people.
This is the reason we advice you guys to expose the terrorists in your environment, now you have started feeling what Maiduguri people were facing abi.

If the military cannot shape up to their responsibilities they should ship out . The started with burning of markets and shops now ehey are taking their aggressions out on travelers, I keep saying this , of you can't face ugm face to face then don't take your aggressions out on the innocent. This is defeatist.

Nuisance

kettykin:


If the military cannot shape up to their responsibilities they should ship out . The started with burning of markets and shops now ehey are taking their aggressions out on travelers, I keep saying this , of you can't face ugm face to face then don't take your aggressions out on the innocent. This is defeatist.

nairaland warrior congratulations.

Hehehe

No be only waka, dem suppose do frog-jump join.

Hehehehe

Stop tribalizing everything every tribes are affected, am not Igbo but as long u crossing the checkpoint everyone inside the bus/cars must come down