One of the notorious commanders of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Lance Corporal Nwangwu Chiwendu aka Onyearmy, has named a close confidant of Nnamdi Kanu, Chinasa Nworu, as one of those sponsoring them to unleash terror in Nigeria’s southeast region.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Onyearmy, a deserter from the Nigerian Army had been on the Imo State Police Command’s wanted list for a long time.
It was learned that the 34-year-old native of Amaohuru Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State was arrested on December 23, 2022, in his hometown while attending his father’s burial.
Speaking to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday, Onyearmy mentioned Nworu and IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary who deploys the pseudonym, Emma Powerful, as some of their sponsors.
Questioned by journalists on their sponsors, Onyearmy replied: “DOS (IPOB’s Directorate of State) which we know as Emma Powerful, Chinasa Nworu, and others.
“The first money one person used to register with us is N3.5 million. And he promised that he is going to give us N10 million every month.
“We were formerly assassins. Like when Ebube called us to go and kill one man, we killed him.”
Onyearmy said when he was persuaded to join the criminal group, he was told that if his salary with the Nigerian Army is N200, 000, he will get double the pay.
It is the second time in one week that Nworu would be named as a terror sponsor.
An arrested IPOB gunman, Okechukwu Ama-Nlemedim, popularly known as ‘Ejima’ had last Wednesday named Nworu as their sponsor.
Asked how long Nworu has been sponsoring the ESN, Ama-Nlemedim replied: “Getting to two years now. Him with Okey Foreign. It is only Chinasa Nworu and Okey Foreign that sponsor us from abroad. The other one is in the village here.”
He added: “The reason Chinasa gave us (to perpetrate terror) is that these Ebubeagu people, anywhere wey we see them, make we attack them.”
Any Igbo people that is supported by government must die in the name of Biafra land look at what people are saying hmmm ESN is Igbo security and they protein us and so called zoom Nigeria army and we don’t have sense
Nigeria can never be good so ndi Igbo let’s go home in 2023 Biko unooooo his people are not good human being after the election see them no more till next four years then wil remember us again think well