from Monday’s attacks on Police and Correctional Service headquarters in
Imo.
Its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said in a statement
issued in Owerri on Monday that the group was formed on the principle of
peace and would not compromise its principles.
It would also not attack government’s facilities, he stated.
“The attention of IPOB has been drawn to the fallacious and fabricated
reports that it is involved in the attack of prison and police
headquarters in Imo.
“IPOB and Eastern Security Network (ESN) are known groups, not unknown
gunmen. ESN is in the bush chasing terrorists and have no business with
the said attacks.
“We were not involved in the attack in Owerri and the recent attack on
Onitsha-Owerri road at Ukwuorji junction.
“It is not our mandate to attack security personnel or prison
facilities,’’ he stated.
The reports that headquarters of the Police in Imo as well as that of
the Correctional Service were attacked at about 2 a.m. on Monday by
unknown gunmen.
They set hundreds of inmates free from the Correctional Centre and set
many vehicles there ablaze.