Biafra Campaigners Kill, Bury 5 Hausa – DSS

By BY Ejike Ejike The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday said the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have killed five Hausa residents of Abia State.The DSS in a statement by Tony Opuiyo, said members of IPOB, whose leader Nnamdi Kanu is facing trial for treason, killed the five “northerners” and buried them in shallow graves.“The service has uncovered the heinous role played by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), in the abduction/kidnap of five Hausa-Fulani residents, namely Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Rago at Isuikwuato LGA in Abia state,” the statement said.The DSS said the abducted men were laterdiscovered at the Umuanyi forest, Abia state, where they were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst fifty (50) other shallow graves of unidentified persons.The statement further indicated that arrestand investigation conducted so far, revealed that elements within the IPOB, carried out the dastardly action.“It is pertinent therefore to alert the generalpublic that IPOB, is gradually showing its true divisive colour and objectives, while steadily embarking on gruesome actions in a bid to ignite ethnic terrorism and mistrust amongst non-indigenes in the southeast region and other parts of the country. Following this act, tension is currently rife among communal stakeholders in the state, with possibilitiesof spillover to other parts of country.