IPOB warned that joining the Army may expose them to the dangers of Boko Haram and other heavily armed groups terrorising Nigeria.
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The group, in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, dismissed claims associating its Eastern Security Network (ESN) with criminal activities in Orsu.
IPOB urged the Federal government to release its leader Nnamdi Kanu if it wants the Monday weekly sit-at-home to stop, saying it is now a protest by Ndigbo against the continued illegal and malicious detention of Mazi Kanu, who is now being used as a pawn against Ndigbo.
IPOB, in a statement by its media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, equally called on NAFDAC to return goods seized from traders at the Onitsha drug market.
There have been moves to create an additional 31 new states in Nigeria, including five states from the Southeast.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which outlawed the IPOB.
In the statement, the group expressed gratitude to ESN operatives for their efforts in combating terrorism, protecting farmlands, and maintaining peace in the region.
Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, said the South East is peaceful and will remain so even after the yuletide.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka.
The position of the group was made known in a statement issued by its spokesman to the media on Sunday, Emma Powerful.
Spokesman for the task force, Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Unuakhalu, revealed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday.
The Eagle Online reports that Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, was arrested in Finland alongside four other individuals for alleged terror-related offenses.
Ekpa was accused of using social media platforms to spread separatist propaganda linked to IPOB, a group advocating for the secession of southeastern Nigeria.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Sunday.
The Commissioner of Police recounted the details in an interview he granted to newsmen on the ferocious attack.
According to the group, it was laughable that the authorities in the South-West were treating the “IgboMustGo” campaign and its proponents
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the position known on Saturday.
The pro-Biafran group, in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the Federal Government is intentionally provoking IPOB by refusing to release its leader even when the courts have ordered his unconditional release.
It was learnt that the two suspects were intercepted inside a Sport Utility Vehicle near Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area with two pump-action rifles and 41 cartridges among others.
According to reports, the IPOB fighters invaded the police station and torched the facility as well as several vehicles on the premises.