Chiemelie Ezeobi and Kingsley Nwezeh, who chronicled the recent spate of insecurity across the nation, write that it has reached a worrisome crescendo especially after witnessing one of the most violent weeks in the nation’s recent history, as was further collaborated by the SBM Intelligence index report that 590 people were killed in April alone
In the past one week of the just ended month of April, the violence convulsing the land peaked, puting Nigerians on edge, spreading fears of a looming war or a war that has reached an advanced stage, depending on your perspective.
The newspapers became nearly unreadable because 60 per cent of the news content daily dwelt on violence that gripped the land. The electronic media and online publications also chronicled daily the orgy of violence devastating the country and a leadership that is running in circles, issuing endless assurances that even the perpetrators of violence take advantage of to increase the tempo of violence.
We Don’t Value Our Lives; We Can Invade Aso Rock If Nnamdi Kanu Orders Late IPOB Commander, Ikonso Said In 2019 Video
Ikonso explained further in the video that he pledged his allegiance to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and if there was an order for them to invade Aso Rock in Abuja, they were ready to go without being afraid for their lives.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 27, 2021
The late commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s security outfit, Eastern Security Network, Ikonso Don, appeared in an old video, saying he and his men did not value their lives but only valued self-existence.
• Over 50 IPOB members arrested in Imo
Another Commander has taken over at the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) after Ikonso Commander was gunned down by security forces on Saturday.
IPOB’s media and Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Powerful disclosed this on Sunday during an interview on Channels TV
Politics Today.
Powerful refused to disclose the name of the new commander when asked to do so.
He said IPOB was still intact and that the Federal Government could say whatever it liked.
“They can say whatever they like, but we are intact. Another commander has taken over. I won’t tell you,” he said.
Ikonso: How Igbo Informants Helped Security Operatives To Kill IPOB/ESN Commander
“He was targeted and killed after some of the Igbo he was fighting for gave out his details to the security forces,” a source explained.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 26, 2021
The Nigerian Army ‘s operation against the Eastern Security Network and Indigenous People of Biafra in Awomama Village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State was aided by local informants which led to the killing of top commander, Ikonso Don, and others, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Sources told SaharaReporters that Ikonso was also given away by some of his photographs shared on social media as well as by one of his friends, who had been in touch with security agencies for weeks, if not months.
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