South-East Insecurity: IPOB blames cultists, hoodlums, declares war against them

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused cultists, hoodlums and political thugs of being responsible for the raging insecurity in the South-East and vowed to uproot them.

IPOB stated this in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.

Distancing  itself from the criminal activities in the region, the group said as a peaceful movement, it would no longer allow cultists and political thugs terrorize the people of South-East.

According to Powerful, it was unacceptable for undesirable elements to destroy the region and claim they were IPOB or ESN operatives, while they were not.

The statement read: “We believe it is time we exposed those sponsoring criminals in Abia State. IPOB cannot attack or kill anybody because it is not our mandate; claiming you are IPOB will destroy you if you don’t change and leave your evil doings. We want the people to provide accurate information about those cultists, hoodlums and dissidents operating in their area for immediate action.

“We enjoin people to be very discreet and watchful in doing this because high profile individuals in the state sponsor these cultists in their desire to demonise IPOB and ESN.

“Anybody associating with these criminals must inform them that IPOB is coming to visit them and their evil sponsors, so they should be prepared for what is coming.

“IPOB is a peaceful movement seeking freedom through internationally recognised civil disobedience and cannot allow cultists and political thugs continue to terrorize innocent citizens in the Biafra territory in other to discredit our heaven-ordained struggle for freedom and liberty. We will not allow that nonsense to continue…”