By Chimaobi Nwaiwu
The
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has challenged the Federal Government and
its security agencies, especially the Army, Navy, DSS, and Police to show
evidence of violence or crime committed by IPOB members that justified the
gruesome and unwarranted killings of its members and non-members who had shown
them solidarity by coming out to watch, each time they were marching on the
streets.
The group also condemned the
delay by the Federal Government and the Anambra State governor, Chief Willie
Obiano in setting up a panel of inquiries into the circumstances that led to
the alleged brutal murder of its members and non- members numbering over 50
when they were praying in the premises of St. Edmond Catholic Church, Nkpor
Agu, in Idemili North Local Government area of Anambra State.
In a statement by
IPOB National Coordinator, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe and Media and Publicity
Officer, Mr. Emma Powerful respectively, the group said that its members and
non-members were killed and lots of lies were placed on their heads by their
killers to justify their cowardly act and therefore, warned that it would no
more tolerate a situation where soldiers will open fire on unarmed civilians in
the name of fighting IPOB unarmed members.
IPOB said the May 30, 2016 gruesome
murder of its members and non-members, who were watching on the streets of
Nkpor would be regretted by the soldiers who did the dastardly act. “It is
unacceptable to us for any government and security agents to prevent us from remembering
and celebrating our heroes, who were killed in genocidal civil war by the same
people preventing us from expressing ourselves.
“We must continue to remember
and celebrate Biafrans and those killed by the Nigerian Navy, Army, Police and
other security agents during the previous peaceful protests and rallies in the
state including the recently murdered victims in the church in Nkpor.
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