A top security official has revealed that the Nigerian government has intercepted drones, bombs and combat devices imported into the country by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that IPOB, established in 2012 to press for the secession of the Igbo ethnic group’s homeland, is led by now-detained Nnamdi Kanu.
Authorities view IPOB as a terrorist group and banned it in 2017.
“The IPOB elements have gone to the extent of importing deadly attack drones into the country with a view to causing maximum damage to lives and property.
“They bought the attack instrument but described it as a farm equipment so as to escape scrutiny but they got it wrong.
“These fellows have also mounted Closed Circuit Television cameras on telecommunication masts within their camps which are situated in undulating locations, to monitor security forces so as to be able to attack innocent persons and cause heavy damage.
“As if this anti-people action was not enough, they also ring their main camps between Anambra and Imo with explosives so as to deter anyone from getting close and preventing their nefarious activities.
“We have discovered that the deployment of the IEDs and the attack drone was to cause maximum damage to human beings and property and ward off counter attack by the security agencies. But they have failed and will continue to fail in the dastard acts.
“We have continued to interrogate some of the suspects arrested in connection with these actions, which portend grave danger to the people of the area, where these criminal acts are being perpetrated,” Vanguard quotes the source as saying.
