8 Reasons Why Nigerian Army Label IPOB A Terrorist Group
Many are of the opinion that the group has not done enough to be labeled a terrorist group. Others say the army is taking a necessary preemptive step to nip the problem in the bud, before it becomes a full blown insurgency.
Below are reasons given by the Defence via their Twitter handle:
#IPOB group which has posed to be a #Security challenge in the Country, has been metamorphosing from one stage to the other....1— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
It has become expedient, to notify the general public that the claim by #IPOB actors that the organization is non violent is not true...2— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
In this regard, some of their actions, clandestinely and actively, that has been terrorising the general public among others include..3— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
The formation of a Biafra Secret Service, Claimed formation of Biafra National Guard, Unauthorised blocking of public access roads…4— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
Extortion of money from innocent civilians at illegal road blocks..5— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
Militant possession and use of weapons (stones, molotov cocktails, machetes & broken bottles etc) on a military patrol on 10 Sept. 2017.../6
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
Physical confrontation of troops by Nnamdi Kanu & other IPOB actors at a check point on 11 Sept 2017 & attempts to snatch their rifles..../7— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
Attack by IPOB members, on a military check point on 12 Sept, at Isialangwa, where an IPOB actor attempted to snatch a soldier’s rifle..../8— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) September 15, 2017
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