INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB) PRESS STATEMENT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB) PRESS STATEMENT
DATE 21TH OCTOBER, 2026
ARRAIGNMENT OF NYSC KIDNAPPERS IN IMO STATE VINDICATES IPOB; EXPOSES THE INVASION OF BIAFRALAND BY FOREIGN BANDITS
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the supreme leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, notes with keen interest the recent arraignment by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the five suspects responsible for the horrific abduction of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along the Owerri–Onitsha Expressway in Imo State.
The public parade and arraignment of these individuals—Usman Aliyu, Babangida Aliyu, Mohammed Ali, Aminu Haliru, and Ibrahim Jiji—is symptomatic of the alarming extent to which Fulani bandits and foreign criminal elements have infiltrated and taken over the forests, bushes, and highways of Igboland.
We ask the world to reflect on this crucial question: Had this atrocious kidnapping happened without these suspects being caught red-handed, who would the Nigerian security apparatus and hostile media have blamed? As has been the pattern, the blame would have instinctively and falsely fallen on Biafra agitators and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). Innocent Igbo youths would have been rounded up, tagged “ESN terrorists,” and subjected to extrajudicial harm to cover up the true perpetrators.
Today, the world can clearly see those actually responsible for the kidnappings, killings, and systemic insecurity plaguing the South-East. We must thank the Almighty God (Chukwu Okike Abiama) for exposing these individuals. Had IPOB not promptly called for independent investigations and consistently maintained its innocence, enemies of the Biafran struggle would by now be peddling the false narrative that IPOB/ESN was behind this cowardly act.
This revelation serves as a categorical confirmation that IPOB and ESN have no hand in any form of criminality in our land. ESN was formed solely to defend our farmers, mothers, and territorial integrity against ruthless invaders.
We must also give credit where it is due: The DSS Director in Imo State and the prosecuting team deserve a special mention for upholding professional integrity by not burying this incident or lazily attributing it to IPOB/ESN, as has regrettably been the norm in past security operations.
However, the ethnicity, true origins, and full identities of these criminal elements must be thoroughly uncovered and made known to the international community to tell the world who these terror merchants in the South-East really are.
This incident validates the foresight of our leader, ONYENDU MAZI NNAMDI KANU, who established the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to safeguard our forests against these very threats. It is deeply unjust that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remains incarcerated for daring to protect his homeland, while the security threats he warned against continue to escalate across Igboland.
We call on South-East Governors and leaders to wake up to this reality, cease their fixation on persecuting IPOB, and prioritize genuine security measures that protect the lives and properties of our people.
