From Nonye Udumiri, Aba
Indigenous People of Biafra of Biafra (IPOB) has said that Catriona Laing, the UK High Commissioner in Abuja is encouraging the genocidal slaughter of innocent villagers in Biafran territories under the guise of searching for gunmen.
IPOB said that the ongoing aerial bombardment in Essien-Udim LGA of Akwa-Ibom State and Konshisha LGA of Benue State is a clear indication that the Nigerian military has become a Fulani instrument that kill citizens recklessly.
The Pro-Biafra group said that it is unfortunate that Catriona Laing, whom it described as a “Neo-colonial ruler” of Nigeria cannot advice her Fulani puppets to use Nigeria Air-force jets against terrorists and bandits who are slaughtering Nigerian soldiers in Fulani controlled Northern Nigeria.
Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman said that Nigeria military has been using their aircraft leased from Pakistan and with the support of United Kingdom mission to Nigeria, to bomb the people of Essien-Udim in Akwa-Ibom as well as lower Benue.
He said the Nigerian government is perpetrating the act under the guise that they are fighting gunmen purportedly hiding in the area, stressing that the army is doing the job Fulani government asked them to do.
Powerful said the situation has again exposed the hypocrisy of the Fulani controlled Nigeria military and their backers within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
He pointed out that In February, the people of Orlu in Imo State witnessed how the military massacred their people using the same aircrafts supplied by western allies to aid the fight against Boko Haram and other forms of Fulani terrorism.
“Now it’s Essien-Udim in Akwa-Ibom. But an Islamic cleric has been dinning and wining with terrorists, taking pictures with them, yet the double-faced Nigeria military and Catriona Laing our colonial mistress cannot use the same aircraft to trace and bomb the location of these Fulani murderers.
“How can a responsible military use helicopter gunboats and military jets against ordinary citizens? Boko Haram, Miyetti Allah and other Fulani terrorist groups have been killing soldiers and police in the North East and North West without soldiers using deadly force on nearest civilian settlements or using military jets to terrorize innocent citizens.
“The indigenous people of Essien-Udim LGA in Akwa-Ibom Biafraland, must remain strong in this collective quest for freedom. What the military is doing is a pathetic attempt to intimidate them to submission. They must remain resolute.