The leadership of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Enugu State has denied allegations by the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), accusing personnel of the division of abducting and killing members of IPOB in the southeast.
The leadership of the pro-Biafra group through its spokesman, Emma Powerful in a press release on Tuesday alleged that soldiers in Imo and Abia State respectively were abducting, manhandling, wounding and killing members of the group indiscriminately in the two states.
But the military speaking through its spokesman, Sagir Musa in a counter Press Release made available to newsmen, denied the allegation, stating that the military never manhandled, shot, wounded, abducted or killed any person including IPOB members in any of the Southeast zones
Musa in the release stated that the military as a professional and responsible organization under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Y. Buratai has variously and sufficiently – (both in deeds and actions) made it clear that it will not encourage or condone any form of professional misconduct among its personnel across the country especially as it concerns human rights abuses.
The Army spokesman who said that the Nigerian Army would not have ordinarily join words with an “illegal organization”, but however just to set the record straight against what it described as divisive, selfish and wicked propaganda and misinformation mischievously being perpetrated by a group it said has been proscribed by the federal government.
Musa in the release maintained that the Nigerian Army in the Southeast under 82 Division, would not be deterred by the IPOB propaganda, but would continue to ensure that they protect the lives and properties of all Nigerians in the zone.
He further state that the Nigerian Army under the 82 Division is poised to ensure peaceful and secured conduct of free, fair and credible 2019 general elections in the southeast.
While urging members of the public to disregard the rumours being peddled by IPOB, disclosed that the military do not detain civilians in the conventional army detention camps except when someone is involved in terrorism act or any form of insurrection among others.
“For awareness and further clarification, – civilians are not detained in conventional army detention centers except under exceptional situations such as on charges of terrorism, insurgency or any form of armed insurrection among others. So, anyone arrested by the NA during the ongoing Exercise EGWU EKE III has been handed over to the civil police for further necessary action.
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“Members of the public are hereby requested to disregard any form of divisive and inciting propaganda particularly the ones coming from the likes of miscreants and outlawed organizations like IPOB,” the release read in parts
