{"id":49805,"date":"2016-06-01T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49805"},"modified":"2016-06-01T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:50:47","slug":"ipob-killing-se-ss-people-now-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ipob-killing-se-ss-people-now-endangered\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOB killing: SE, SS \u00a0people \u00a0now \u00a0&#8220;endangered\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the\u00a0<span class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Monday<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nkilling of over 30 Igbo protesters, who were mainly members of the<br \/>\nIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation<br \/>\nof Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), saying it appeared that<br \/>\nPresident Mohammadu Buhari was turning the people of the South East<br \/>\nand South South to \u201cpolitically endangered species.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on the international community to take note of the wanton<br \/>\nkillings being perpetrated by the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress<br \/>\n(APC) government.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public<br \/>\nCommunications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said<br \/>\nthere was no justification whatsoever for the killing of over 30 Igbo<br \/>\nyouths just because they were marking \u201cBiafra Day in memory of the<br \/>\nformer leader of the defunct Biafra Republic, the late Chukwuemeka<br \/>\nOdumegwu Ojukwu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it was worrisome that Nigeria and its people had been more<br \/>\ndivided since the advent of Buhari\u2019s government, adding that approach<br \/>\nto civil unrests of any kind under the government was causing more<br \/>\nsecurity problems in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who reiterated his avowed belief in the unity of<br \/>\nNigeria, said it was unspeakable for security men to have used life<br \/>\nammunitions against the Igbo protesters and went on to justify the<br \/>\nmurder of innocent Nigerians just because their views were different<br \/>\nfrom those of the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo even justify the killing by claiming that the Igbo youths protest<br \/>\nwas orchestrated in order to mar the first anniversary of Buhari\u2019s<br \/>\ngovernment is to say the least, wicked and animalistic,\u201d the governor<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was worrisome that more than 150 Igbo youths had been<br \/>\nkilled by Nigerian security operatives under the directive Buhari\u2019s<br \/>\ngovernment form August 30, 2015 till date, adding that \u201cIt appears<br \/>\nthat President Buhari has made up his mind to eliminate as many South<br \/>\nEast and South South people as possible and lovers of the corporate<br \/>\nexistence of Nigeria and its people should call the president to<br \/>\norder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am alarmed that Nigerians who were only on peaceful protest could<br \/>\nbe shot at and killed by security agents and after the senseless<br \/>\nkilling of innocent Nigerians, security agents could demonstrate their<br \/>\nheartlessness by coming up with justifications for the criminal act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is however not surprised because every evil perpetrated by the<br \/>\nBuhari-led government against Nigerians, especially those the<br \/>\npresidents appears to hate have been justified by those who<br \/>\nperpetrated them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in this country when over 1,000 Shiite Muslims were killed<br \/>\nand buried overnight in Zaria, Kaduna State and the murder was<br \/>\njustified. We were also here when over 400 Agatus were killed in Benue<br \/>\nState and the President said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0<span class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0killing of over 30 Igbo youths is therefore condemnable.<br \/>\nIts justification is barbaric, heartless, crude and must be condemned<br \/>\nby all lovers of unity of Nigeria and its people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore wish to express my sympathy to the people of the South<br \/>\nEastern part of Nigeria and I urge them to remain resolute in their<br \/>\nagitation for a Nigeria in which all Nigerians are treated equally<br \/>\nirrespective of their tribe and religion.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the\u00a0Monday killing of over 30 Igbo protesters, who were mainly members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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