Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Nigerian military of carrying out terrorist attacks on the peaceful community of Uli in Ihiala, Anambra State.
IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, in a statement on Thursday, said:
“The Nigerian military has burnt down many houses in Uli in Anambra State in the disguise of looking for criminals, and media did report it.
“The public should recall that last week, we raised alarm over the burning and destruction of Ndigbo’s homes and properties at Umulolo in Okigwe LGA in Imo State by the Nigeria military.
“As of January 28, 2024, the Nigerian military invaded the peaceful community of Uli in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State and burnt down many homes and other properties of Igbo indigenes and media refused to report it.
“The question is, what has Ndigbo done to the Nigeria government and her security forces to warrant consistent terrorism, attacks and humiliation at the slightest provocations?
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“Do the Nigeria military burn down the houses of innocent people in other parts of Nigeria? Do they destroy properties in Northern Nigeria when going after the terrorists and bandits ravaging the North?
“Why is the Nigeria government forcing Biafrans to belong to the same country that their security agencies are tormenting and terrorising indiscriminately?
“The South East region of Nigeria has suffered numerous terrorist attacks resulting in mass murders, destruction of properties, and forceful disappearances of many youths from Nigeria security forces and their foot soldiers, the Fulani terrorist herdsmen.
“These attacks have worsened with the All Progressives Congress, APC, governments under Mohammed Buhari and now under Bola Tinubu.
“At the moment, most of the standard and beautiful houses in Uli, Anambra State, have been burnt down by the Nigeria military.
“The Nigeria government and its security agencies were doing to Biafra agitation unattractive but that won’t happen, same military were meant to protect Ndigbo from terrorists but they have turned into terrorists themselves.
“Since the Buhari government recruited the so-called repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the military, the Nigeria military and terrorists have similar modus operandi.
“They attack innocent communities and set the villager’s houses ablaze. These recruited terrorists into the Nigeria Army are the ones burning the houses of Ndigbo because of the envy and ethnic hatred they have towards us.
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“The sad thing is that the Nigerian media have refused to bring the terrorist activities of the Nigeria military in the South East to the public’s attention because of the fear of sanctions from the compromised media regulatory agency in Nigeria.
“The media is supposed to be the voice of the voiceless, but the Nigeria government has caged the media houses.
“IPOB is assuring the Nigeria government and her murderous security agencies that their evil agenda will fail and that Ndigbo and great Biafrans will continue to rise and shine beyond their imagination.
“God Almighty, Eze Chukwu Okike Abiama is with his children. No matter how many lives they waste and how many homes and businesses of Ndigbo they destroy in many parts of Nigeria and in Alaigbo, Biafra must come.
“The Nigerian government can only be envious and jealous of Ndigbo and all of Biafra Nation, but they can’t stop God’s plan for Biafra. No one can curse whom God has blessed. No one can cover the sun from shining.
“The more the Nigerian government and her security agencies target Ndigbo’s properties and business to destroy, the more Biafrans hate Nigeria and the more they push us closer to Biafra freedom and independence,” he added.
