The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by officials of the Department of State Services to embark on the killing of pro- Biafra agitators during the celebration of heroes of the civil war and slain members of the group on May 30, 2016.
The group said: “The information reaching us through our intelligence unit revealed that the Federal Government has perfected arrangements to use the army and other security agents of the Federal Government to execute the heinous plan of killing pro-Biafra agitators.
“We want to use this medium to let the world know that IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, are peaceful, intelligent, educated, well informed and determined to pursue the restoration of Biafra through non-violent means and stipulated international law and nobody can drag us to become violent.”
The group, in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Mr. Emma Powerful, alleged that there was a meeting on plans to exterminate IPOB members and pro- Biafra agitators, who want to come and witness the peaceful remembrance of Biafra heroes and heroines, who died during the civil war.
The group maintained that the objective of the clandestine meeting was meant to stop people not to come on that day.
The group said that it has been observing the remembrance of the Biafran heroes and heroines who died during the civil war and those who died during its peaceful protest in Onitsha, Aba, Asaba, Owerri, Port Harcourt and Bayelsa, without any form of violence and wondered why this year’s commemoration would be different.
