IPOB Accuses FG of Conspiracy, Warns Traditional Rulers, Others

The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB; and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, stated that the whole of Southern Nigeria, particularly the South East does not have land for Fulani herdsmen to make a permanent settlement.

The groups also accused the federal government of deceiving Nigerians by allegedly paying ransom to the bandits terrorising some parts of the country while at the same time denying negotiating with them.
IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful warned that any South East or South South governor, traditional ruler or president-general of any community in any Biafra land, who for any reason cedes any space of land for monetary reason is ultimately calling for death of their people and IPOB and ESN will not spare such governor, traditional ruler or president-general.

IPOB’s statement read in part: “IPOB has made it abundantly clear that we have no land for herdsmen settlement in Biafra land. The North has more space than the South,especially the South East.

“We must warn that any traditional ruler or president general of any community in Biafraland who ventures to cede any space of land to the herdsmen for the sake of monitory gain is ultimately calling for the death of their people.

“The person must equally pay for such ceding of land to killer herdsmen. IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, are prepared to deal with them. Even governors who tried will not go scot free. We don’t have land for terrorists in Nigeria.

They are free to stay in the North where MASSOB said it is the height of hypocrisy for President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration to claim that they never negotiated with northern terrorists and yet, huge amounts of money are being paid to the terrorists as ransom.

“This is a presidential and monumental deceit against the citizens.

They continuously went behind to pay them billions of naira as ransom in exchange for the release of the victims of the series of arranged kidnappings going on in northern region.

“The federal government is indirectly equipping terrorists with huge funds from the oil proceeds through ransom payment.

“To us, President Muhammadu Buhari is (allegedly) preparing the Fulanis of Mali, Sudan, Chad and other West African States for Islamic conquest of entire Nigeria. They will work with Boko Haram and Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) in their planned islamization war against other Nigerians.