The Indigenous People of Biafra says it will resist the Fulani domination in the Southeastern region of the country.
The secessionist group reiterated further that it will soon expand the
operations of its security wing to the Northern part of the country,
while stating that it could no longer tolerate provocative utterances
from herders.
IPOB stated this in a statement it released through its spokesman, Emma Powerful on Sunday.
The
pro-Biafra group was reacting to an earlier statement made by the
Miyetti Allah to deploy its armed members to protect their cattle
investment in Igbo land.
Reacting through the statement, IPOB
said such an utterance was perfidious to the governors of the South-East
region and the entire people.
“The attention of the Indigenous
Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has been drawn to the threat by Miyetti Allah
to deploy 5, 000 jihadists to Biafra land to protect their cows and
herders following the floating of Ebubeagu security outfit by South-East
governors. We consider this utterance an insult to the entire Biafra
and won't tolerate it despite our grievances against the treacherous
South-East governors and the political elite.
“The South-East
governors must understand that the federal government of Nigeria
sponsored Miyetti Allah to make this reckless utterance. The earlier
they understand that IPOB is not their problem, the better. They should
stop betraying us but appreciate our sacrifices in the defence of our
ancestral land.
“The Miyetti Allah and their terrorist group
should know that they shouldn't play God forever. They are trying to
provoke Eastern Security Network and IPOB to take drastic action. IPOB
and ESN are running out of patience with their insults. They should
retrace their steps now! Let them come we are waiting for them. Soon
they will see ESN in the North,” the statement said.
The group
vowed to recalled how the Fulani conquered Hausa land in the early 17th
century, warning that an attempt by Miyetti Allah to do a similar thing
in the South-East will lead to their eventual end.
“Fulani
terrorists are thinking that Biafra land is easy to penetrate the way
they penetrated Hausa land and conquered them in 1804. If Miyetti Allah
and their sponsors in Aso Rock attempt to do in Biafra land what they
did in Hausa land, they will regret their actions. ESN and IPOB and
prepared for them. They can intimidate South-East governors but they
can't intimidate IPOB and ESN. No inch of Biafra land will be
relinquished to Fulani jihadists.
“If Miyetti Allah jihadists
step into our land they will be like abandoned corpses in the bushes and
forests in our territory. Nigerians can melt before Miyetti Allah but
not IPOB and ESN. Miyetti Allah must not try IPOB and ESN because they
cannot withstand our venom.
“We hereby declare an end to open
grazing throughout Biafra territory. If we get any cow grazing openly on
our farms again, both the cow and the murderous herder shall not live
to tell their experience,” the statement added.
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