The Indigenous People of Biafra has debunked the report by the military that their late commander; Ikonso was killed when the police, military and other security agents stormed the camp of the operatives of Eastern Security Network, ESN.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on their programme; Politics Today, the Media and Publicity Secretary to the group, Emmanuel Powerful, said “the Nigerian Army can never in their life, enter the ESN camp, that’s a promise.
He went further to state that the army cannot penetrate their camp because “God is with us and is protecting us.”
He narrated that their late commander was killed in an ambush when he went to his village- Awommamma
“They ambushed him with some politicians …they ordered the military to kill him. Imo State administrator knows very that he has committed a crime and we must follow him up.”
On the possible reason their commander was killed, Mr. Powerful accused the Imo State Governor of killing their man after he refused his offer.
“He ordered for the killing of this guy (the late commander) because he refused his offer to come and head the Ebubeagu which the South-East governors established.
“He (the governor) sent some people to meet him (the late commander), but the guy refused that he cannot betray Biafra’s agitation and our leader – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Since then, they have been threatening him.”
He also lamented the continued arrest of their members across several states.
“In Imo State, they arrested more than 50 people … they have been going to people’s houses to arrest them; in Anambra, they arrested so many people; in Abia, they arrested so many people.”
