THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned international human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), over allegations of being responsible for the incessant killings in the SouthEast region of Nigeria.
The group said the allegation by AI was unfounded and unsubstantiated, insisting that statement credited to Amnesty International was very disappointing for a group of such standing.
In a statement by the spokesperson of IPOB, Emma Powerful, the group said: “It is baffling that a reputable global organisation like Amnesty International will condescend into making statements without investigations. How did Amnesty International arrive at its conclusion that IPOB is responsible for the killings in the SouthEast?
“In case Amnesty International has forgotten, let it be reminded that IPOB had suspended its earlier order for Ghost Mondays before hooligans sponsored by politicians hijacked the exercise to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens under the guise of enforcing the suspended order just to implicate IPOB and we still stand by that order and decision that Monday sit-at-home has been suspended”, the group reiterated.
The group added that anybody purporting to enforce sit-at-home on Monday is not from IPOB and that last week’s murder was because of the enforcement of the suspended order by an angry mob in Mbaise, Imo State, not by IPOB family members.
The group insisted that Amnesty International must verify information before making pronouncements. IPOB also said that Amnesty International was not aware that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State had accused his fellow South-East governors of sponsoring the killings in his state.
He said: “How will it be IPOB that is behind the killings and the governor with all the intelligence at his disposal will still be pointing finger at his fellow governors? Or is Amnesty International suggesting that South-East governors are now members and sponsors of IPOB?
