Insecurity – BT Afrika

Umahi imposes curfew on Ebonyi land borders

April 28, 2021

By Thankgod Ogbonna, Owerri

Ebonyi has imposed a curfew from 8 pm to 6 am at all entry and exit points with neighbouring states.

It also banned all social events such as wake keeping and nightclubbing from 6 pm, warning defaulters will be fined N1m.

Governor David Umahi announced the order on Wednesday while briefing reporters after the state Executive Council meeting.

He also ordered all native doctors to register with security agencies in the state immediately.

The Governor also ordered traditional medicine dealers to register with the Ministry of Health.

He warned anybody who fails to adhere to the directive will be prosecuted.

Umahi exonerated the security arm of the proscribed secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Eastern Security Network, from the recent attacks on security agencies in the state.

The Governor lamented fake news purveyors were complicating the scenery challenges by spreading fake news through social media.

He directed security agencies to henceforth arrest and prosecute anybody spreading fake news capable of causing a crisis on social media.

He said: “We have agreed that all native doctors in the state and traditional medicine dealers must within seven days today register with the Commissioner for Border Peace, with the Commissioner for health and with the CP.

“There will be an executive order to this event and anyone that is caught doing otherwise will be arrested and will be prosecuted.

“We are aware there are some killings over the weekend; a policeman was killed, two army men were killed and I think one civilian and their killers are pure bandits.

“They do this killing and put it in social media that they are members of IPOB or ESN.

“Without standing for either IPOB or ESN but they continue to deny that they are not into violence but for me, criminality is criminality and I have directed security agencies to crack down on all criminal activities in the state.

“And for those who did the killings, the security agencies must bring them to book within 72 hours, they must do that.”

Leave Our Land Now or Get Ready To Face The Music; Biafra Govt Tells Killer Fulani Herdsmen, Unknown Gunmen, others

April 12, 2021

Biafra Internal Government press briefing

By Thankgod Ogbonna and Mentus Ngwoke, Owerri

The Biafra Internal Government Yesterday Warns every Criminal Elements in the state to leave or face the music.

The Government made their position known immediately after their security meeting in Biafra Seat Of Power, Owerri yesterday April 12, 2021.
In a meeting that was presided over by the Prime Minister of Biafra Federation, His Excellency, Chief Chinedu Amaifeobu and was attended by the Minister for Planning and Strategy, Chief Dr Larry Odinmah, The Minister for Information, Chief Samuel Njoku, The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. James Ezeani and all the Chief Ministers of various States in Biafraland and their Security Chiefs.

Briefing the press Immediately after their meeting, Chief Larry Odinmah who is the Minister for Planning and Strategy thanked the Eastern Governors for their newly launched Security Outfit Called ‘Ebubeagu’ and also pleaged that they will work with every legally created security architectures in Nigeria and Biafra to restore sanity in the land.

He warned Everyone tormenting trouble in the land to desist henceforth or get ready to face the music.

“We will Protect everyone in our land including the peaceful Hausa/Fulani and every other tribes in our land because our people are also in their land carrying out their legitimate business.

“We encourage other people to come and invest in our land but what we can’t tolerate is criminality in any form.

“Those that are destabilising our land and their sponsors are advised to stop now or get ready for us.

“We are non violent and Biafra Sovereignty must be achieved through non Violence.

“Those Killer Fulani Herdsmen that Attacked and killed our People in Ebonyi State, OKIGWE in Imo State, Enugu State, Anambra State, Delta State and other Biafran State should know that no one have monopoly of Violence.

“We have Directed our security Chiefs to arrest them immediately and hand them over to the police as we will not take laws into our hands, he stated.