Biafra: ‘Kill Every Single IPOB, MASSOB Member’, IGP To Police Officers

The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba on Tuesday declared war on Biafra agitators and gunmen attacking and destroying police infrastructure in the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria, and ordered their extermination.

Groups like the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Biafra Nations League (BNL) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) are associated with Igbo nationalism, which supports the recreation of an independent state of Biafra.

Tough-talking Baba, who spoke on the sideline while addressing the Police Mobile Force and Special Tactical Squad of the Force in Enugu shortly after he launched Operation Restore Peace, directed policemen in the region not to adhere to the rules of engagement while dealing with Biafra secessionist movements, adding that his job was to protect them.

“Don’t mind the media shout; do the job I command you.

“If anyone accuses you of human rights violation, the report will come to my table and you know what I will do.

“So, take the battle to them wherever they are and kill them all. Don’t wait for an order.

“What another order are you waiting for when Mr. President (referring to Muhammadu Buhari) had ordered you to shoot anybody carrying AK-47 rifle? Quote me, even a dead policeman can be tried and dismissed from the force and his family will not get his benefits.

“So, don’t seat and wait for them to come; take attack to them and don’t lose your arms to criminals,” the acting IGP said.

Meanwhile, the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had earlier in his address, pledged the support of the South-East governors to restore peace in the zone.