Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a pro-autonomy organization that seeks a number of states in south-east Nigeria, made up mainly of people from the Igbo ethnic group, to break away from Nigeria and form the independent nation of Biafra.

After a violent clash with the Nigerian army in Abia State, the Defence Headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a “militant terrorist organisation’’ and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group.

In a statement in Abuja on Friday, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Director, Defence Information (DDI), therefore, restated the commitment of the Armed Forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country.’’ He also guaranteed the protection of lives and property in all parts of the country by the military.

He said that the IPOB posed security challenge and had been metamorphosing from one stage to another. “After due professional analysis and recent developments, it has become expedient to notify the general public that the claim by IPOB actors that the organisation is non-violent is not true. “Hence, the need to bring to public awareness the true and current state of IPOB. “In this regard, some of their actions, clandestinely and actively, that have been terrorising the general public include:

1. The formation of a Biafra Secret Service, claimed formation of Biafra National Guard,
2. Unauthorized blocking of public access roads and extortion of money from innocent civilians at illegal road blocks.
3. Militant possession and use of weapons such as stones, molotov cocktails, machetes and broken bottles, among others on a military patrol on Sept. 10, 2017.
4. Physical confrontation of troops by Nnamdi Kanu and other IPOB actors at a check point on Sept. 11, 2017
5. An attempt to snatch a rifles. “Attack by IPOB members on a military check point on Sept. 12, 2017, at Isialangwa, where one IPOB actor attempted to snatch a female soldier’s rifle.’’

From the foregoing, the Armed Forces of Nigeria wish to confirm to the general public that Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from all intent, plan and purpose as analyzed, is a

MILITANT TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

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