Nigerian Government Wants To Use #EndBadGovernance Protests To Target Igbos Nationwide, Says IPOB
IPOB made the allegation in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, where the Biafra Nation agitation group advised South-East citizens in Northern and Southwestern regions to be on guard during the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has concluded plans to use the period of the nationwide protest against hardship, hunger and bad governance to attack South-East citizens living in Northern and Southwestern regions of the country.
IPOB made the allegation in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, where the Biafra Nation agitation group advised South-East citizens in Northern and Southwestern regions to be on guard during the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.
The IPOB spokesperson alleged, “A security report at our disposal has it that the Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, together with the National Security Adviser (NSA) and State Minister for Interior with some security hierarchy has concluded plans to carry out selective elimination of Ndigbo in Northern and Western Nigeria.
“The clandestine State sponsored operation of targeting Ndigbo in the North and West will be carried out with claims of going after protest sponsors.
“There are also plans to sponsor criminal elements from the Northern extraction in the East to carry out violent protests to provide opportunities for the Nigerian security agencies to launch attacks against Ndigbo during this period.
“Therefore, Ndigbo should be careful and know that they are hated and targeted across Nigeria.
“The false alarm that IPOB and Ndigbo are sponsoring the protest is another false flag operation targeted at killing Ndigbo during the protest.
“Neither Ndigbo nor IPOB called for Nigerians to protest against the leadership’s disastrous performance in Nigeria.
“Interestingly, both the IPOB, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and many other Igbo groups have warned Ndigbo not to join the proposed peaceful national protest against hardship and hunger in Nigeria.
“Sadly, the Nigerian government and her proxies are falsely accusing Ndigbo and IPOB as the sponsors of the protest against Tinubu’s government. We have no hand in it!
“Therefore, all the Ndigbo in the North and West must understand that they are outside their region and should as much as possible, refrain from joining either the peaceful protest or the hired pro-government protest. Should you expose yourself, you and your business will be the main target, not the other tribes.”
IPOB said that though people of the South-East are facing the same economic hardship that others are facing, they are usually the victims of any protest in Nigeria.
