Ohanaeze chides DSS over indictment on IPOB

ENUGU—


Worried by the Department of State Services, DSS, indictment on the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, over their alleged involvement in the killing of five Fulani herdsmen buried in a shallow grave in Isikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, challenged DSS to show physical evidence linking IPOB to the heinous act.

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The DSS had revealed that the bodies of five Fulani herdsmen and fifty other bodies of unidentified people were buried in a shallow grave in a forest in Isikwuato,accusing IPOB of being responsible, a development IPOB denied.
In a statement signed and made available to Vanguard in Enugu yesterday,the President General,Ohanaeze Ndigbo,Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey,said ”Ohanaeze is curious and very suspicious of the reasons behind the DSS statement which indicted the IPOB as responsible for the dastardly act.
“Ndigbo demand proper investigation to ascertain those behind the heinous act. They did not act on behalf of Ndigbo and should be brought to book. Ndigbo commiserate with the families of the deceased and have conveyed same to the leadership of Arewa Consultative Forum.

“Ndigbo condemn the act of taking human life in any form anywhere in the country. As travellers to other places, Ndigbo are friendly to visitors. All Nigerians are therefore assured of their safety anywhere in Igboland.”