Disturbed by the gruesome killing of five police officers and a couple at Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State by gunmen last week, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced the body from incessant killings in the South-East zone.
They condemned the killings and advised security agencies to stop linking them with insecurity in South-East or any part of the country.
The pro-Biafran group, also expressed worry over the continual detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government
IPOB made the disclosure through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in Owerri, Imo State.
The group insisted that, “IPOB is a peaceful movement seeking separation from the Nigerian state through internationally recognised and accepted modus operandi called self-determination and not through murderous or criminal activities.
“We seek to create a calm and peaceful environment for everyone in our territory to safely dwell and for our people to come home and be part of the development of Biafraland.
“It is not and has never been part of our objectives to scare or kill innocent citizens of the area.
“Even though Nigerian security agents have been brutal on us, we have always maintained our calm”.
The group however, accused the Nigerian government of being behind the insecurity in the South-East.
It said, “it is public knowledge that the Federal Government is using both state actors and non-state actors to create insecurity and chaos in the South-East just to blackmail IPOB through some compromised media agencies and agents.
“The paid criminals in the South-East should stop and allow Biafra agitation to flow naturally according to plans.
“We are warning them to stay off Biafraland or face the consequences. They have already been declared wanted by IPOB, and their sins will catch up with them soon.”
