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A new militant group, \u2018Biafran Motherland Warriors\u2019, has emerged in the South-East.<\/div>\n
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\nThe group is said to operate like the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), though not much is known about its activities.<\/div>\n
\nAccording to sources available to\u00a0pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0the group operates around Mbaise area in Imo State.<\/div>\n
\nIPOB had claimed that \u201cESN operatives are wading off the bandits and killer herdsmen in South-East forests and communities.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cTheir mandate is to stop the wicked Fulani herdsmen killing, raping of women and ladies, sacking of communities, Fulanisation and Islamisation agenda, and that they have lived up to, even with government hunting them because they are stopping their evil agents of restriction\u201d, IPOB had stated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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