The Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) says it has discovered a mass grave of its members who were allegedly
killed during the military operation tagged Operation Python Dance II.
The group said it discovered the
grave in Obiawom village of Ogwe Autonomous Community in Asa Ukwa West LGA of
Abia State, adding that its intelligence unit discovered the grave, which it
described as horrific and gruesome.
A statement by Emma Powerful,
Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, stated that the discovery would drive
home the horror of Operation Python Dance and why all those who participated in
its instigation and execution should not go unpunished.
Part of the statement read, “If
anything, this cold blooded execution and unceremonious dumping of dead bodies
in the forest by Fulani soldiers in Obiawom village in Ukwa West under the
control of Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu is ample justification for the
recent decision of IPOB to disengage from any further talks with Ohaneze Ndigbo
and South East governors.”
The group said had the same
number of murdered victims been discovered in any Islamic country, region or
part of the world, the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations,
Britain, USA and world media would be up in arms demanding explanation and
holding the perpetrators accountable.
“Because these events are
happening to Biafrans in Nigeria; where an Islamic government, along with her
security operatives staffed by Fulani officers are aiding and protecting Hausa
Fulani herdsmen and their kinsmen in the army from the consequences of the
worst form of ethnically motivated genocide presently in Africa, the world
remains deaf to the cries of IPOB,” it said.
The pro-Biafra group called for
the designation of the site of the mass grave and the site of the decomposed
bodies as international crime scene and be promptly investigated.
It said, “Should the United
Nations, ICC, USA and European Union fail to act on this gruesome discovery of
mass grave, we would conclude that there exists a credible bias and conspiracy
to exterminate and Islamise Biafra by the pro-Islamic international community.”
IPOB noted that the anniversary
of the killing of its members during the invasion of its leader’s house in
Afara Ukwu, Umuahia during Operation Python Dance on September 14, 2017 was
fast approaching.
It called on Igbo governors, the
global Christian community, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other
reputable and relevant human rights organisations around the world, to prevail
on the International Criminal Court, the Nigeria Government and her security
operatives to release remaining dead bodies of IPOB members in their custody.
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