{"id":94417,"date":"2022-04-29T07:55:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94417"},"modified":"2022-04-29T07:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T06:55:23","slug":"we-are-behind-killing-of-cultists-in-abia-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/we-are-behind-killing-of-cultists-in-abia-ipob\/","title":{"rendered":"We are behind killing of Cultists in Abia -IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1731418467823712548\" data-legacy-message-id=\"18073bec4c2ef924\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":sn\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":sm\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it is behind the killing of suspected cult boys in Abia state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Media and Publicity Secretary, IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, who confirmed that the killing was done by the separatist group, explained that IPOB decided to move against the cultists because they are destroying her reputation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He alleged that the cultists have been using IPOB\u2019s name to enforce sit at home events in Aba , amidst committing other atrocities that have dragged IPOB\u2019s name in the mud.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com\u00a0 gathered that the cultists have been enforcing sit at home in Aba, burning tricycles, beating\u00a0 residents and shop owners who dare to go during the Monday sit at home.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com further gathered that since the last Monday sit at home, over 20 cultists, suspected to be members of the Aro -cult, have been killed in Aba and their corpses dumped on the streets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Residents told Pointblannews.com that corpses of suspected cultists litter in areas such as Ama-Ogbonna, Osusu Road, Omuma Road, Over Rail, Owerri Road,\u00a0 Onitsha Road, Cemetery Road, , St Philip&#8217;s Road, Ikpeamaeze Street, Powerline, Apostolic road, Anglican Street, Ibenji Street, Cemetery road, Omuma road, Apostolic Road and Nwangwa Street, Onitsha road, Ama Ogbonna, as the killings have become a daily affair.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Over 5 suspected Aro Boys were killed on 25th April 2022, while enforcing last Monday&#8217;s sit-at-home event in Aba.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Powerful, &#8220;Yes, we decided to remove these groups of cultists and hoodlums destroying IPOB reputations because people of Biafra are calling them IPOB and ESN members but they are not and IPOB want to redeem our respect Biafrans gave to us.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;IPOB is a decent organization championing the liberation of our great nation Biafra and we don&#8217;t want anybody to enforce fictitious activities and calling IPOB names. Again, we don&#8217;t want our people to be humiliated again by these vampires created and sponsored by unfortunate politicians in our land.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our mandate is to restore Biafra freedom and independence peacefully, not to humiliate our people at all. If we still keep quiet watching them continue destroying peaceful movement seeking freedom, time will come. Nobody will believe IPOB and ESN members. Anyone involved in destroying our territory will regret their evil actions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some of the residents of the affected areas said; \u201cIn the past one week, over 20 suspected cultists have been killed by unknown people with their bodies dumped on the streets.\u00a0 It has become a daily affair, you will just wake in the morning to see one or two corpses dumped in the street. We don\u2019t know who is behind the killings, but people have identified the dead ones as cultists. We are afraid that these killings will bring more trouble in the Over Rail area because the cultists will regroup and start attacking people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;What&#8217;s happening is not a cult war. This area is dominated by the members of the Aro Cult. They&#8217;re not at war with any other group, but what we&#8217;re seeing is a killing that looks like what Bakassi Boys did here between 1999-and 2003.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The people killing those boys are sending a direct message because their bodies are dumped where the owners will see them and the killings are not done with the fight. None of those killed so far was a stranger to the people of the area. They are notorious boys. People are afraid because the killing is not being carried out by the police or the army. Many are calling the killers unknown gunmen but I can&#8217;t place my hands on their identity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As usual, Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, Mrs Janet Agbede, failed to respond to a text message and calls, placed on her handset.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The phone line of the spokesman of the Command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, indicated it was switched off as at press time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"ip iq\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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>The indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it is behind the killing of suspected cult boys in Abia state. 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