Tag: IPOB
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Buhari pleads for peace in Jos, other warring communities
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded for peace in Jos and other warring communities, assuring all that the administration is on top of events and moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest in Plateau State. According to a statement Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari…
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IPOB distances self from alleged planned attacks on journalists in South East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as fallacious statement credited to one Petrus Obi, alleging plans by the group to attack journalists in the South East. The group explained that it had nothing against the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and would continue to support and defend them, stressing they have been on…
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Why Buhari is yet to proscribe bandits like Nnamdi Kanu– Presidency
The presidency has said that what the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has done to bandits is worse than declaring them terrorists. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in an interview with BBC Pidgin on Saturday says President Muhammadu Buhari has not proscribed bandits like it did the Indigenous…
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Police kill head of IPOB, several others in raid on ESN camps
An unspecified number of members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) and one policeman were killed in at least two clashes in Imo on Friday. According to reports, the first shootout occurred when the police stormed the ESN camp at Akata in Oru East Local Government Area. In the exchange…
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IGP orders police to be ruthless with IPOB
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has told officers of the Delta Police Command to go tough on members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and criminals in the state. IGP Baba said this during a familarisation visit to the state police command in Asaba on Monday. According to the IGP, there…
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IPOB insists on suspension of sit-at-home directive, wants violators arrested
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday insisted that the indefinite suspension of the weekly Monday sit-at-home towards the release of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remained sacrosanct. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful confirmed the suspension in a chat with The Nation Newspapers on Sunday In his words: “There…
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Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB suspends Monday sit-at-home, gives new directive
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Directorate of States, DOS, has suspended the every Monday sit-at-home order. IPOB had ordered its followers and people of the Southeast to sit-at-home every Monday. The decision was aimed at prevailing on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. However, IPOB’s Head of DOS, Chika Edoziem announced…
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Police arrest suspected ESN/IPOB chief priest in Imo, recover arms
Police command in Imo says it has arrested a native doctor, Ikechukwu Umaefulam, suspected to be the chief priest of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Abutu Yaro, made the disclosure in a press statement signed by the command’s spokesman CSP Mike Abattam on Tuesday. He said a…
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IPOB sit-at-home order: Gunmen attack Anambra police station, cart away arms
Gunmen on Monday reportedly attacked Nnewi Police Area Command, Anambra State, carting away some arms. The incident, which witnessed heavy shootings between the gunmen and Police, caused pandemonium amongst residents of the industrial city. According to reports, the gunmen, who stormed the area around noon with seven vehicles, engaged the Police in a gun duel…
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Confusion as Kanu’s younger brother suspends IPOB sit-at-home order
Confusion, on Sunday, trailed the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s sit-at-home order over the detention of the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, as his younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, announced the suspension of the order. The younger Kanu hinged his decision to suspend the order on the just begun National Examination Council (NECO) Exam for junior secondary…