By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over the whereabouts of its members arrested by the law enforcement agants in Akwa Ibom State.
The pro-Biafra group also demanded their immediate and unconditional release.
It said that the members include its Akwa Ibom State Media Head, Mazi Emmanuel Bassey Ekomiba; and his colleague, Mazi Victor Sunday Okoro.
IPOB further disclosed that the members were arrested during ‘‘evangelism’’ on September 30, 2020.
The IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, while condemning the act, said there was no justification for their arrests, insisting that they were not terrorists and committed no crime.
The pro-Biafran group also demanded the unconditional release of all Biafra agitators picked by security agents during the recent sit-at-home order.
The IPOB stated: “We want to put the world on notice of the abduction of Mazi Emmanuel Bassey Ekomiba, the media Head of IPOB in Akwa Ibom; and his colleague, Mazi Victor Sunday Okoro, who were abducted in Akwa Ibom during the evangelism on 30th of September 2020.
“We demand their immediate release because they are not terrorists nor did they commit anything to warrant any arrest.
“We equally demand the unconditional release of all Biafra agitators picked by security agents. We want the Army that besieged the home of our leader at Isiama Afaraukwu on October 1 to stop harassing residents of the area because they are not terrorists.
“Buratai should send his soldiers to Sambisa forest, Baga in Borno state and other Northern communities taken over by terrorists.
“IPOB is a peaceful movement committed to the peaceful restoration of Biafra. Biafra is a divine project designed by the Most High God in Heaven, and there is nothing anybody can do to change our resolve to actualise Biafra’s independence.”