In a statement in Abuja on Friday, Maj-Gen. John Enenche, the Director, Defence Information, therefore, restated the commitment of the Armed Forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country’’.
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The youths said failure to do so will result in their taking the law into their own hands
Kalu made the call in an interview with newsmen on Saturday while reacting to the proscription of the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the South East Governors’ Forum
“No reasonable Igbo man,” the governor said, “would support secession or division of the country.”
The Governor said the unfortunate security challenges in the South East of the country fueled by hate speeches, violent agitation, rumour and sentiment on social media, should not be basis for any attempt at reprisal on innocent citizens
The Governors pronounced IPOB proscribed after their meeting in Enugu, Enugu State on Friday
The President-General of the association, Chief Ebenezer Chima, made the position of the association known at a joint news conference in Kano on Friday.
Dambazau said this in Jos while on a fact finding mission to assess the tension in Jos caused by reactions to agitations for secession by Indigenous People of Biafra.
Bindow gave the assurance during an emergency meeting held with heads of security formations in the state and leaders of Igbo community on Friday in Yola.
False described the herdsmen menace in the nation as worse than the ethnic agitation of both the Indigenous People of Biafra and Niger Delta unrest
Arising from its emergency meeting on Friday in Enugu, Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and send to the forum.
The attack was carried out at about midnight on Friday
He said: “The state government will not tolerate any attack on other Nigerians living in the state by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra or any other group.’’
Jonathan spoke against the backdrop of the crisis in the South East involving the Nigerian Army and the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu
Fayose said: “I have said it before now that it is only God that can help the Ibo people. What I see going on the South-east is ethnic cleansing when you see the video clips of that occupation, the behaviour of the soldiers, leaves much to be desired but they cannot act like that without a whistle blower, somebody is behind them telling them go and cleanse the people.
Rising from its emergency meeting on Friday in Enugu, the Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and send to the forum
Speaking to Newsweek in London, Obasanjo—who served as Nigeria’s first elected head of state from 1999 to 2007—says that the heavy-handed tactics of the Nigerian state against pro-Biafra activists, a secessionist movement that is pushing for an independent state, have not succeeded, and a more conciliatory approach is needed
The extension of the curfew, occasioned by the face-off between the Nigerian Army and the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu, is the second since it was imposed by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
The party made the call in a statement by Dayo Adeyeye, its National Secretary of National Caretaker Committee on Thursday in Abuja.
The last couple of days have witnessed actual and rumours of unsavoury goings on in Abia State ostensibly leading to clashes between the Nigerian Army and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).