Victor EzejaEbonyi State Governor, Engr Dave Umahi has re-established the Southeast regional security outfit called Ebubeagu in the state on Wednesday.
The governor performed the inauguration ceremony at the Ebubeagu command Secretariat in the state.
Umahi apparently dared the warning of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that Southeast governors and President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, should not re-establish Ebubeagu in the region.
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IPOB’s secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful had in a statement issued on Monday, stated that the group opposes the establishment of the Ebubeagu security outfit in the Southeast, noting that such measure would worsen security situation in the region.
Emma alleged that members of the outfit cause chaos in different states in the region as they in collaboration with Nigeria’s security operatives often clash with members of IPOB which usually leads to killings.
The IPOB secretary was speaking in reaction to Prof. Obizor’s statement calling on the Southeast governors to re-launch the Ebubeagu to complement effort of Nigerian security forces in combating criminality in the region.
Part of the IPOB statement reads, “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU has been drawn to the laughable call by Ohaneze Ndigbo President General Prof. George Obiozor on South East Governors to re-establish the ridiculous, weak and unpopular Ebubeagu security outfit that has never been able to confront the Fulani bandits terrorising our ancestral land but only good at humiliating innocent Biafra youths with the collaboration of security agents.
“We want to make it categorically clear to Ohaneze Ndigbo and its co-travellers that any attempt to re-establish Ebubeagu security outfit in South East will further worsen the precarious security situation in the zone. They should understand that our gallant Eastern Security Network ESN operatives have been sacrificing so dearly to secure our ancestral land. But instead of complementing the efforts of ESN and IPOB to secure and defend our land against Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen, these sabotures disguising as Ebubeagu security operatives give information on ESN to the wicked Nigeria security agencies. Because of this treachery, IPOB and ESN cannot operate together with Ebubeagu with undefined mission.”
The IPOB scribe accused the governors of having ulterior motive with formation of the Ebubeagu.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
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