IPOB in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, alleged that the Nigeria Police Force has a habit of forcing criminals to confess to being members of IPOB or ESN.

The separatist group described the alleged action by the police as “absurd and unprofessional.”

The secessionist group under the leadership of the detained Nnamdi Kanu, said, “We wonder how Nigeria police keep ridiculing themselves by linking the innocent members of IPOB to criminal activities because of their hatred and blackmail agenda against IPOB. 

 

“The Nigeria police use of the media to blackmail IPOB for crimes they themselves mastermind is crazy. They make their assertions without investigation, a mark of cowardice. 

 

“How come those criminals whom Nigeria Police arranged to confess as belonging to IPOB or ESN are never arraigned in court in public? This makes a mockery of the professionalism of the Nigeria Police Force.

 

“For public information, neither IPOB members nor ESN Operatives indulge in criminality.”

 

The group insisted that none of the criminals arrested belongs to IPOB, “but the Nigeria Police makes up their own news to blackmail our peaceful movement”.

“It is public knowledge that some of the criminal gangs arrested so far had some serving as police officers or sacked police officers as their members. 

 

“Nigeria Police is fully aware of the innocence of IPOB, but because of an agenda to blackmail, demonize, and get IPOB internationally proscribed, they run to the media and link us with any criminal activities in Biafra Land,” IPOB said

IPOB said the people behind kidnapping in Anambra and other parts of the Southeast are not its members or ESN operatives.

“The Nigeria Police knew those who were the real criminals,” it said. 

It accused the government of hunting its members down “for protecting our lands against the invading Fulani terrorists nicknamed herdsmen”. 

“We cannot at the same time be kidnapping and committing crimes against the same Biafrans who we are protecting. 

 

“For Anambra State Police Commissioner, to name IPOB and ESN members as responsible for the kidnapping at Neni even when the criminals have been arrested, shows the evil agenda of the Nigerian Police Force. 

 

“Again, IPOB and ESN are focused on defending our lands from terrorists and on the restoration of Biafra as an independent state, not on terrorising our own people,” it added.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/05/02/how-nigeria-police-force-criminals-claim-be-ipob-members-separatist-group

While I do not subscribe to a violent approach to secession, I think the police and the public making blanket conclusion on crimes in the SE and linking it the IPOB may be counter productive.

Now politician can easily assassinate their opponents and pin it on "unknown gunmen" or IPOB, when a little investigation will reveal the true killers.

Of course the ESN provided the ground for the lazy investigative behaviour of the Police.

The spirit of Ipob is in every Igbo man especially the criminals.

Likewise the spirit of bandits, kidnapping and terrorists.

Nowhere is save in Nigeria

Saga16:
The spirit of Ipob is in every Igbo man especially the criminals.

Saga16:
The spirit of Ipob is in every Igbo man especially the criminals.

Same way the spirit of the Fulani killer herdsmen is Fulanis like Buhari, Yar'adua and Shagari but you Nigerians elected them President?

That 95% Fact.

Nigeria Police, DSS and Army are shamelessly making up stories and calling them intelligence.

We have been seeing girls wearing Biafran flags taken to court but non of these self proclaimed IPOB/ESN criminals have been prosecuted. Isn't that a miracle?

Lol they play into dere hands....


Before he no dey hard Police to label Person Kidnapper or Armed Robber....


Buh since you guys create outfit not recognized by the Govt and insecurity volume don increase for derr side this are the part of thing u will start to experience....

Helinues would act blind to see this .

Bunch of ronu failures

The question a saner person should ask is if you can separate IPOB from criminality?

What about the taped beheadings of the to- be bride and groom who were soldiers? The killing of ideato administrator on video nko?

Silly Police fools.

I always laugh inside and just mind my business whenever I see that nonsense.

Every criminal in the southeast is now an IPOB member.

As if there were no criminals in the southeast until the formation of IPOB in 2012.

They know those they use it to deceive. Those who swallow every gullible gibberish they are told. That’s why they keep telling that silly lie.

Let them continue.

Afamed:
The question a saner person should ask is if you can separate IPOB from criminality?

I think this your question should be better rephrased to be, “can you separate Tinubu from criminality?”

That’s a more valid question.

Ipob and unwholesome propaganda/ cheap blackmail are siamese twins.

Meanwhile Nairaland Ipob apologists cum Obiends has gone back to their stocks in trade .

was it not ipob that attacked prisons and released the criminals to start with....??

you have still no point....

we warned una criminals will not change their habits because you shout biafra to them....una didnt listened....
now the criminals are attackin people that released them from prison....

now you want us to think what....

Afamed:
The question a saner person should ask is if you can separate IPOB from criminality?

exactly....their plans for nigeria is backfirin on them,now they are complainin police is accusin them wrongly....

Hpesoj:
While I do not subscribe to a violent approach to secession, I think the police and the public making blanket conclusion on crimes in the SE and linking it the IPOB may be counter productive.

Now politician can easily assassinate their opponents and pin it on "unknown gunmen" or IPOB, when a little investigation will reveal the true killers.

Of course the ESN provided the ground for the lazy investigative behaviour of the Police.

we told u people d implications then but u no gree, ipob presented themselves in an image of violence so anyone can hide under that to perpetuate evil n tag it on ipob

Shebi we told u d dangers of presenting d group as a violent group

Reality3080:
we told u people d implications then but u no gree, ipob presented themselves in an image of violence so anyone can hide under that to perpetuate evil n tag it on ipob

Shebi we told u d dangers of presenting d group as a violent group

I beg to differ. IPOB was never violent ab initio. It was not until ESN was introduced which brought in cultist into its folds. Either ways, IPOB was an effect not a cause.

Meanwhile, by "we told u", who are you referring to?

MadamExcellency:
That 95% Fact.

Nigeria Police, DSS and Army are shamelessly making up stories and calling them intelligence.

We have been seeing girls wearing Biafran flags taken to court but non of these self proclaimed IPOB/ESN criminals have been prosecuted. Isn't that a miracle?

I have never heard ipob saying this is our member. Since ipob is denying everything, can I get at least 20 names that are ipob members?

the situation is out of control now....its too late to play innocent....

Tinubuderanged:
I have never heard ipob saying this is our member. Since ipob is denying everything, can I get at least 20 names that are ipob members?

how do you await police to figure out who is who now....??
you shouldnt have allowed it to come this far....

it will only get worser and worser if igbos dont completly say stop to it....
its up to una now in south east....

wike did well not allowin this madness to spread into the south south....

Ok...

darkwan:
was it not ipob that attacked prisons and released the criminals to start with....??

you have still no point....

How do you know IPOB did that besides what Police said even before they started their own investigation?

Very unprofessional for any Police force to solve a crime before investigation, but thats what 5ye Nigerian Police have been doing

darkwan:


how do you await police to figure out who is who now....??
you shouldnt have allowed it to come this far....

it will only get worser and worser if igbos dont completly say stop to it....
its up to una now in south east....

wike did well not allowin this madness to spread into the south south....

is that the shit you guys shiit inside bucket is affecting your brain or the black food called Amala. Who told you I am Igbo? In my life I have never even travel to any Igbo state. I am a proud northerner from Kaduna state.
Not everybody that tells your drug lord the truth is an Igbo man.

gidgiddy:


How do you know IPOB did that besides what Police said even before they started their own investigation?

Very unprofessional for any Police force to solve a crime before investigation, but thats what 5ye Nigerian Police have been doing

i dont think its that easy to just say police is accusin the wrong people....
even sef its true,how you wan prove it....??

police only know their is criminal issues in the south east....
anybody caught causin trouble will be tagged ipob....case closed....

if ipob didnt started the wahala in that region,they would be tagged normaly criminals....
its very difficult now to even consider who is who....the same way anybody caught causin trouble in the north east is tagged boko haram....

darkwan:


i dont think its that easy to just say police is accusin the wrong people....
even sef its true,how you wan prove it....??

police only know their is criminal issues in the south east....
anybody caught causin trouble will be tagged ipob....case closed....

if ipob didnt started the wahala in that region,they would be tagged normaly criminals....
its very difficult now to even consider who is who....the same way anybody caught causin trouble in the north east is tagged boko haram....

Do not waste your energy with that boy. He already has a million ways of defending IPOB even when they were caught in an open encounter. He still finds a way to defend them

Afamed:


Do not waste your energy with that boy. He already has a million ways of defending IPOB even when they were caught in an open encounter. He still finds a way to defend them

na wa....
what surprise me most is,he has been soo long on this forum and learnt nothing....

its sad....

Creamypie:
What about the taped beheadings of the to- be bride and groom who were soldiers? The killing of ideato administrator on video nko?

Are they IPOB members? Funny enough police barely investigated it

darkwan:


i dont think its that easy to just say police is accusin the wrong people....
even sef its true,how you wan prove it....??

police only know their is criminal issues in the south east....
anybody caught causin trouble will be tagged ipob....case closed....

if ipob didnt started the wahala in that region,they would be tagged normaly criminals....
its very difficult now to even consider who is who....the same way anybody caught causin trouble in the north east is tagged boko haram....

That's how they'll never hire you as a lawyer in Nigeria!
You lack sense in the post whose the name of the IPOB member doing the killings?

This is saddening