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Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole Published 13 May 2021 The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has faulted the Nigerian Army for claiming to have arrested a deputy commander of his Eastern Security Network. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, had on May 12, 2021, announced that the force arrested one Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano LGA, Imo State. Yerima described the 48-year-old suspect as the second in command to ESN leader, Ikonso, who was recently neutralised by the army. In a statement, he said Eze “had o...

Before night falls By Rotimi Fasan Now the “come has come to become”, more Nigerians are coming to the realisation that the central administration in Abuja has a lot to do in order to secure the lives and properties of Nigerians than it has demonstrated the will to. Once it was the case that the so-called herdsmen, mainly of the Fulani ethnic stock, were the catastrophe let loose menacing the existence of Nigerians. Everywhere Nigerians turned it was the herdsmen they saw and the constant tears brought to the eyes of Nigerians and their real or perceived involvement in criminalities in di...

Army storms IPOB hideout, arrests Ikonso’s second-in-command Published 12 May 2021 Security operatives have arrested the second-in-command to the late leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Commander Ikonso. The Nigerian Army in a statement on Wednesday night said Ikonso’s righthand man, Awurum Eze, was arrested in Aba, Abia State, where he was hiding. The statement, which was signed by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, was titled, ‘Security Forces Arrest Another IPOB/ESN Terrorists’ Henchman’. Yerima said 48-year-old Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta...

Shoot-On-Sight Order In South-East Is Declaration Of Genocide—Igbo Group Tells Army Chief In Open Letter The group said the Army Chief should have publicly announced if there is a war between the region and the military personnel so that innocent people could vacate the environment. by SaharaReporters, New York May 11, 2021 An Igbo group of intellectuals and professionals worldwide, Nzuko Umunna has written an open letter to the Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, that the shoot-on-sight order given to the Army troops in the South-East was an attempt to wipe out innoce...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to International Court over the alleged killing of members of the Eastern Security Network, which was established by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to check the incessant crisis between the killer herdsmen and the farmers in the region. HURIWA accused the Nigerian Army and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of planning to crush the ESN from the region to pave way for the Fulani herders. In a statement forwarded to DAI...