The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to foil calls for the enactment of the Ebubeagu security outfit in the South-East. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo had through its President General, Prof. George Obiozor, asked the South-East governors to set up the Ebubeagu security outfit as agreed during their meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital in June.
But in its reaction, the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful in a statement signed on Monday, said enacting the security outfit was not be in the interest of the region. “We want to make it categorically clear to Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its co-travellers that any attempt to re-establish Ebubeagu security outfit in the South-East will further worsen the precarious security situation in the zone. “They should understand that our gallant Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives have been sacrificing so dearly to secure our ancestral land. “But instead of complementing the efforts of ESN and IPOB to secure and defend our land against terrorists masquerading as herdsmen, these saboteur disguising as Ebubeagu security operatives give information on ESN to the security agencies.
“Because of this treachery, IPOB and ESN cannot operate together with Ebubeagu with undefined missions. “It is on record that SouthEast governors have ulterior motives in forming the Ebubeagu security outfit and we have not seen them as a sincere outfit to secure or protect our mothers, wives and sisters in the whole of Biafraland. “Prof. George Obiozor and his Ohanaeze Ndigbo should not take our calmness for weakness and cowardice. They should not test the will of our people because we have no confidence in Ebubeagu. The formation of Ebubeagu from every indication was to counter the efforts of Nnamdi Kanu towards Biafra restoration.