The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with local security outfits to drive out criminal elements from the Southeast.
IPOB declared that it is against any form of criminality in the region.
A statement by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, read in part: “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide, under the command of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to reiterate our position to the whole world in general and Nigerians in particular, that the fact every region in Nigeria is presently under siege by Fulani killer herdsmen and the march of jihad, with the only exception being Biafraland (SE & SS), is testament to the effectiveness of ESN.
“By stopping these killers from the Sahel, be they ISWAP, Fulani killer herdsmen, or their armed Sharia law advocates, ESN has continued to demonstrate loyalty to its core mandate of protecting the entire East from killer herdsmen and their affiliates.
“The obsession of Janjaweed politicians, their religious leaders, and the compromised Igbo political class with IPOB should tell any right-thinking person all they need to know about their true intentions.
“We stand tall to tell all of them today that Biafraland will never be conquered by these jihadists. The Igbo race would not be subservient to anybody, interest, or group, regardless of the human and material cost.
“IPOB is against every form of injustice, criminality, and lawlessness, and shall collaborate, where necessary, with local security outfits to drive away criminals sponsored by politicians who are against the release of our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“As the only publicly recognised entity saddled with the sacred responsibility of keeping the East beyond the murderous reach of these hordes of Janjaweed from the Sahel, ESN has and will continue to discharge this duty with every sense of honour and discipline.”