Stop associating us, ESN to Simon Ekpa – IPOB warns Enugu Govt

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned the Enugu State government against linking the Eastern Security Network, ESN, to self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa.

IPOB described reports from the state government that the Police killed 27 ESN kidnapping gang members loyal to Ekpa as false.

Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the Enugu State governor’s Media Office claimed that the Nigeria Police Force neutralised 27 criminals and kidnappers within two weeks at various locations in the state.

However, Powerful maintained that there is nothing like Autopilot in IPOB, hence the public should stop associating the group to such criminals.

In a statement he signed, Powerful said the “criminal gang leader in Finland” has no relationship with ESN from formation to date, or with IPOB.

Powerful said, “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by the great and indomitable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu wish to debunk the fabricated and fallacious news peddled by the Enugu State Governor’s Media Office where they claim that the Nigerian Police neutralized 27 kidnapping gangs of ESN members loyal to the Finland based buffoon at various locations in Enugu State. The claim is not only false but also a cheap propaganda against IPOB and ESN.

“The Nigerian Police and Enugu Government said that some of the neutralized criminals are pro-Biafra agitators loyal to the Finland based double agent. Then why did they turn around and associate these criminals with the noble IPOB family? In the usual malicious intent of the Nigerian governmental bodies ways, the police claimed that the so-called neutralized criminals were ESN Operatives loyal to Autopilot IPOB.

“For a long time, IPOB has maintained that there is nothing like Autopilot in IPOB. Moreso, the criminal gang leader in Finland has no relationship with ESN from the formation of ESN to date or with IPOB. The criminals and kidnappers have nothing in common with IPOB, ESN, and the Biafra struggle. The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mba and the Nigeria Police in Enugu State should stop being maliciously mischievous. They should stop the unnecessary blackmail against IPOB and call the criminals by their name. Already, the criminals captured said where they belong, and it is not with the IPOB’s Eastern Security Network (ESN).

“We are warning the Enugu State Governor’s Media office to desist from linking ESN and IPOB to the self acclaimed Autopilot leader, a double agent in Finland, and his criminals in Enugu, and anywhere else in Biafra land.”