IPOB Reacts To Arrest Of Suspected Member With ‘Arms, Military Uniform’ By Nigerian Army
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the operatives of its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) do not wear army or police uniforms for operations.
IPOB also said the man, Mazi Udubuan Sage Chubueze arrested on Saturday by men of the Anambra State Police Command is an IPOB member and not an ESN commander.
The group stated this in a statement by its group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Sunday
Reacting in a statement titled, ‘Army Shot And Arrested IPOB Member Not Top ESN Commander In Ekwulobia – IPOB, the group revealed that Chubueze was betrayed by an insider.
The group also stated that no weapon was retrieved from him as he had attended his mother’s burial.
The statement read, “The attention of the great family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our prophet and indefatigable leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU has been drawn to the fallacious statement from Fulani controlled military and police that they arrested a top commander of ESN in Ekwulobia Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“We declare without equivocations that there is no iota of truth in the said fallacious statement.
