Bianca Ojukwu, the wife of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the late Biafran general has reacted over the killings of two members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, by men of the Nigerian Police force, Enugu division on Sunday, 23rd, August 2020.
The incident which took place in Emene, Enugu State two days ago, claimed the lives of two IPOB members. According to reports, the Police invaded the premises where the IPOB members are gathering and started shooting sporadically in a bid to dispersed the proscribed group from meeting.
Following the incidents, two IPOB members was shot and others flee the scene with gunshot injuries.
Reacting over the incidents, the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has given the group order to fight back whenever such incidents happens again.
Kanu said; “From today, 23rd August, 2020, anywhere the zoo Army, Police, DSS or any other terrorist group is involved in killing of Biafrans, in Biafranland, we shall kill them”
Speaking further, Kanu while reacting to the Police report on the incidents said they lied and it’s a cover up.
The police in their press release said the IPOB members started shooting first which made the officers to respond.
The press release said;
“Following credible information received on 23/08/2020 at about 0830hrs that suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) numbering over five hundred (500) had gone on rampage, blocking and burning tyres on the road, after abducting Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad AbdurRahman MCPSS, MCJ, MNIM immediately deployed Operatives of the Command, led by Enugu Metro Area commander, to rescue the adopted Operatives and restore normalcy.
“On getting to the scene, the Operatives, who were joined by those of DSS, Army and Air Force, came under serious gunfire attacks by the hoodlums. They responded and in the ensuing gun duel, two of the hoodlums were gunned down, while some of them escaped with bullets wounds.
“The Operatives successfully restored normalcy and rescued one of the DSS Operatives, who were at the said school to disperse the hoodlums from their unlawful assembly, while two (2) others were found lifeless in the scene and later confirmed dead.
“Five (5) members of the group were arrested and they confessed to being members of the proscribed IPOB, and had gone to the school to hold a meeting and be trained in martial act and self-defense skills. Machetes, cut-to-size woods with nails affixed, phones and other items were recovered at the scene.
“Meanwhile, before getting to the scene, the hoodlums had macheted and gruesomely killed a young man, set ablaze another, while also attacking Police personnel resident in the area.
“To this end, the Commissioner, while warning that acts of rebellion by persons and/or groups (including the proscribed IPOB) capable of truncating the peace and tranquility enjoyed in the State will not be tolerated, made it clear that perpetrators will be made to face the full weight of the law…,” parts of the statement said.
Bianca Ojukwu reacts.
Mrs. Ojukwu in a social media post call on all Biafrans to be at alert and stop acting unconcerned with the recent attack on IPOB members. She said what they’re fighting for legitimately their right.
She said;
#IGBO LIVES MATTER…
”Arms or bullets alone can no longer destroy us….
“We shall continue to fight to preserve our inalienable right to exist and live free in our ancestral homelands… we believe that God, Humanity and History are on our side…and that the Biafran Revolution is indestructible and eternal..” CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU.
“No Igbo man should shrug this tragedy off as If it doesn’t concern him because every Igbo man’s death in circumstances such as this diminishes us , and diminishes our race because we are ALL involved in mankind, Tomorrow you could be caught in a crossfire in a situation as this…in Igboland for that matter, whether you are pro Biafran or not…. Therefore, do not send to ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for us all..
“May the souls of all those who lost their lives during the Pro Biafra bloody incident at Emene yesterday find Peace in the Lord. Amen.
