IPOB dissociates from Ekpa-led BRGIE
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo have faulted the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over his remarks allegedly linking the spate of kidnappings in the South-East to Igbo youths.
 
IPOB accused Soludo of making inflammatory and baseless statements that could endanger the lives of innocent people in the region.
 
While addressing Anambra indigenes in Maryland, United States of America (U.S.A), recently, the governor reportedly claimed that 99 per cent of arrested kidnappers in the Anambra were Igbo and not Fulani herdsmen.
 
Reacting in a statement yesterday, IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, said the governor’s remarks is a green light for security agencies and alleged Fulani militias to target and persecute innocent Igbo youths.

The statement reads: “IPOB, under the leadership of our indomitable and unlawfully detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, wishes to draw the attention of the global community, the diplomatic corps, international human rights organisations, and all lovers of truth and justice to the latest reckless, inflammatory, and provocative comments by Soludo.

“This public utterance, made without an iota of investigative backing, has now become the green light for the Nigerian security agencies and Fulani-sponsored terror militias to commence another round of massacre and abductions of innocent youths across the South-East.”

In another development, IPOB has, once again, distanced itself from the Biafra Government in Exile (BRGIE), led by Finland-based Simon Ekpa, stating that attempts to link the group to the BRGIE is the work of “mischief-makers, who do not represent the interests of the movement.”

ALSO, a faction of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze, yesterday, berated Soludo over his comment in the U.S, describing the governor’s claims as baseless, unfounded, and a misrepresentation of the facts.
 
In a statement in Abakaliki, the National Deputy Chairman of Ohanaeze faction, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that Soludo’s comment has conclusive.

He noted that this statement serves not only as a rebuttal to Soludo’s inaccuracies but also as a clarion call for unity, action, and accountability. Isiguzoro said that the time to act is now, adding that the communities can be protected with unity of purpose.