IPOB appoints new commander for Eastern Security Network
NEWS DIGEST – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday says the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant wing of the group, has got a new commander.
This is coming barely 24 hours after men of the Nigeria Police Force and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and State Security Service (SSS) in a joint operation stormed the operational headquarters of ESN in Awomama Village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo state, killing Commander Ikonso and other members of the group.
The group however declined to make his name public.
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Speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, IPOB Secretary, Emma Powerful also denied ESN’s involvement in Saturday’s attack on Governor Hope Uzodinma’s residence.
“ESN are not the ones that attacked Uzodinma’s house. They cannot come for an operation and tell you they are ESN,” he said.
When asked to explain the group’s operational activities, he said, “We pursue Fulani herdsmen from the region.”
Speaking on the new instituted security outfit by the South East governors, ‘Ebubeagu’, Powerful said, “They are a ghost security outfit. There is no group like Ebubeagu.”
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