IPOB talks tough, vow Kanu will still visit Ekwulobia despite Police harassment

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, will still visit the Ekwulobia area of Anambra State despite the foiling of the visit by a combined team of security operatives.
The police had on Wednesday dispersed members of the group who had gathered to receive Kanu in the town.
The police had to fire teargas to disperse the IPOB members following a clash with security agents, which also included the Navy and Army.
One person was said to have died in the stampede that followed.
But reacting to the clash at Ekwulobia, IPOB described the action as a brutal murder.
A statement by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, said the police officers in Anambra State were acting on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
It said despite the intimidation, Kanu would be at Ekwulobia on Sunday to condole with the family of Wednesday’s victim.
He said: “The now seemingly regular deployment of a certain kind of Nigeria Police in Biafranland, especially in Anambra State since the announcement of election boycott in Biafranland starting from the gubernatorial election come November 18 this year is becoming alarming.
“IPOB intelligence unit discovered that those posted to Nigerian Army and Police formations all over Biafranland were ordered to kill as many civilians as possible in the hope of causing chaos in the country.
“We want to alert Biafrans, men and women of good conscience across the globe that the Federal Government of Nigeria has decided to kill yet another innocent person in Anambra State, in the name of holy war against IPOB.
“It has been reliably gathered also that Hausa-Fulani settlements in Biafraland are awash with police and army uniforms, which makes it possible for Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists to kill with impunity.
“There is a disproportionate number of Hausa-Fulani police and army officers in Anambra State and other parts of Biafranland who were posted on a mission to kill innocent Biafrans.
“The order to shoot at innocent Biafrans in Ekwulobia today (yesterday) came from authorities in Abuja because there is no justification for the barbaric savagery frequently exhibited by the army and police in Nigeria against the Ekwulobia incident.
“The entire police and army personnel in Anambra State today are now staffed and manned by exclusively handpicked by Inspector General of Police and Chief of Army staff.
“We are also aware that the new terrorists group posted to Anambra State with the Police and Army uniforms by Nigeria Government is sent to terrorize Biafran population in the hope of intimidating us into silence.”