The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted the senator representing Abia North zone, Senator Orji Uzor, over his claim that 30,000 individuals lost their lives due to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s activities in the South East zone.
The group tasked Kalu to present proof of his assertion of 30,000 deaths in the zone, stressing that Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB bear no responsibility for the death of any Igbo individual or the damage to businesses in the East.
It stated that Nnamdi Kanu and members of IPOB have consistently been targets of assaults, extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and judicial attacks by state-sponsored security forces.
Accusing the senator of bartering his kinsman for selfish political gain, IPOB stated that it is enraged by what it described as Kalu’s false statements, stressing that his assertions are fabricated and part of a deliberate campaign to undermine IPOB and its leader.
In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group alleged that the insecurity, fatalities, and devastation that occurred in the South East were orchestrated by the Nigerian government and certain politicians from the South East zone to blackmail IPOB and the Eastern Security Network (ESN).
It further explained that the IPOB struggle has remained non-violent despite the Nigerian government employing infamous security forces to arrest, torture, forcibly disappear, and carry out extrajudicial killings of members of the IPOB.
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