In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB wondered why Igbos cannot secure appointments at the Central Bank of Nigeria, NNPC, Customs, and others.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday accused the Nigerian army of planning to recruit Igbo youths and dispatching them to killing fields in the north.
This is as the group also claimed the Nigerian government has refused to appoint Igbos into key positions.
In a statement on Tuesday, IPOB queried why the Nigerian government refused to appoint Igbos as the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Inspector General of Police, Director of the Department of State Services and National Security Adviser among others.
In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB wondered why Igbos cannot secure appointments at the Central Bank of Nigeria, NNPC, Customs, and others.
He asked, “Are Igbo individuals not eligible for the positions of Chief of Defense Staff, Chief of Army Staff, IG of Police, DSS Director, NSA, and others?
“Are our young people not capable of securing jobs in the Central Bank, NNPC, EFCC, Customs, and other profitable parastatals in Nigeria?
“What actions has the Nigerian government taken to support the families of soldiers who died on active duty defending Nigeria?
“Why were the valiant Igbo soldiers who allied with their peers to prevent Nigeria’s downfall in 1966 characterized, betrayed, and labeled “the Igbo coup plotters,” resulting in the slaughter of thousands of Ndigbo in the North during that same year?
“We asked the Nigerian government and its Army, which is infiltrated by terrorists, to disclose the names of all Nigerian Army personnel killed by the Boko Haram, ISWAP, Al-Qaeda, Fulani Miyetti Allah terrorists, and other related terrorist organizations in Northern Nigeria from 2015 to the present.
“The Nigerian Army declined to disclose the identities of the killed soldiers since more than 70% of the deceased were Igbo/Biafrans
The IPOB spokesman alleged, “The Nigerian government intends to enlist Igbo young people and dispatch them to the killing fields of Northern terrorists as a means of population reduction.”
