{"id":68026,"date":"2019-07-31T05:25:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68026"},"modified":"2019-07-31T05:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:25:10","slug":"nigerian-army-enforcing-sharia-law-on-christians-in-abia-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerian-army-enforcing-sharia-law-on-christians-in-abia-ipob\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIAN ARMY ENFORCING SHARIA LAW ON CHRISTIANS IN ABIA -IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) says the Nigerian Army has began
\nenforcing the Islamic Sharia law on Christians in Aba, Abia State.<\/p>\n

Pointblanknews.com gathered that masked soldiers went berserk ,
\narresting and shaving off some youths with dreadlocks and coloured hairs
\nand took them to their base at Ngwa High School, Aba.<\/p>\n

Sources told Pointblanknews.com that over 35 residents were arrested at
\nUmungasi area, Ehi and St Michael’s Roads and flogged before being
\ndriven away in military vans.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said, “Their targets were young men who wore dreadlocks,
\nadorn spray (colour), on their hairs and had grown hairs. The masked
\nsoldiers brutalized and flogged several of their victims; they used
\nscissors to scrap their hairs and then threw them into their vans and
\nzoomed off.<\/p>\n

Media and Publicity Secretary, IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, said its
\ninvestigations revealed that the soldiers boasted that they will soon
\narrest ladies and mothers that wear mini skirt and forms of short
\nclothing in the city. IPOB wondered when it had become the soldiers’
\nduty to enforce the dress code in a democratic nation.<\/p>\n

The pro Biafra group warned that the soldiers’ action amounts to
\nenforcing Islamic Sharia law on citizens of a region that are 100
\npercent Christians and adherents of the Jewish and traditional religions
\nand urged civilized nations of the world to beam their lights on the
\nactivities of the Nigerian Army in Aba.<\/p>\n

IPOB said that the Army had since abandoned its duty of enforcing
\nsecurity to terrorize innocent citizens and engaging small boys to
\nextort motorists.<\/p>\n

According to IPOB, “We the global family of the Indigenous people of
\nBiafra (IPOB) condemn the incessant and illegal arrest of innocent
\npeople in Aba, Abia State since Saturday 27th July, 2019 by Nigeria
\nsoldiers.\u00a0 The unconstitutional and illegal arrest of Biafran citizens
\nin Aba since last Saturday must stop.<\/p>\n

“This same Nigerian Army that has failed woefully to fight Boko Haram or
\ncurb the activities of Fulani terror herdsmen are busy in Aba arresting
\npeople for no reason. Nigerian soldiers are in Aba terrorizing the
\nresidents for no just cause. They have been abducting innocent citizens
\nand taking them to unknown locations. There is no war going on anywhere
\nin Biafraland but every kilometer is Fulani army checkpoint.\u00a0 They even
\nboasted that they will start arresting ladies and mothers that wear mini
\nskirt or any form of short dress in Aba.<\/p>\n

“They are in effect enforcing Islamic Sharia law in 100% Judeo-Christian
\nAba. Is it now the duty of an army to enforce the dress codes in a
\nsupposed secular democracy? We wish to place the United States
\nAmbassador to Nigeria on notice that the mass arrests of Biafrans going
\non in Aba is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

“We duly expect him to notify the State Department in Washington about
\nthis ugly development. We know the British High Commission in Nigeria
\nwill always support them, but when we start the defense of our land
\nnobody should blame us.<\/p>\n

“Mainstream media in Nigeria should equally note what the Nigerian Army
\nis doing in Aba for future reference because, we shall resist this and
\nany attempt to start silent genocide in our land with all our might and
\nwhen we do, they should always remember the Nigerian Army first started
\nit.<\/p>\n

“With all these going on in Aba, we call on men and women of goodwill
\nacross the world to prevail upon the Nigerian government of Fulani in
\nAso Rock and their Nigerian Army to release those they arrested on
\nSaturday in Aba without further delay because they committed no crime.”<\/p>\n

Contacted on the development, the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public
\nRelations, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Major Aliu Kadiri, explained that the
\nArmy headquarters is aware of the matter.<\/p>\n

He said, “If there is a new special operation going on in Aba, I will
\nfind out from the Commanding Officer and confirm. We are on the issue of
\nthe haircut, you understand. Our headquarters have called us on it, we
\nare working on it.”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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