Ipob accused Nigerian security forces for ethnic profiles, multiple standards

The native of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Nigerian security institution of conducting institutional bias and hypocrisy in handling their criminal incidents throughout the country, accusing continuous and unjustified efforts to associate their groups and safety wings, Eastern Security Networks (ESN), with various criminal acts.

In a statement issued Tuesday by IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful, the group condemned what was described as “dangerous and cheating patterns” by Nigerian security companies and media parts, which were accused of routinely connecting almost every crime of violence, real or made, with IPOB or ESN.

“The Nigerian authorities have fostered dangerous habits in assuming every possible crime, both real, enlarged, or fully made, to IPOB and ESN,” said the strong.

This group specifically refers to this new arrest in the state of Katsina involving a woman suspected of disguising as a military officer when she has a firearm and wears a full military regalia. Ipob argues that apart from the severity of the incident, there is no effort by the security institution to generalize actions or link them to the military as an institution, unlike the approach that is often taken when crime is connected, right or wrong, with pro -fra movements.

“Will the Nigerian army now declare all military institutions infiltrated by criminals?” Ipob was asked. “Will the headline shout about ‘naughty soldiers’ in their way without stopping slandering Ipob?”

The separatist group said that the development further exposed the so -called “shocking institutional hypocrisy and dishonesty” of Nigerian security architecture, which is claimed to be more driven by political narrative control than by the original law enforcement.

According to Ipob, while extremist violence and armed crowd were treated with relief of punishment, including alleged access to government contracts and amnesty agreements, IGBO youth, many of those who were not armed, facing arbitrary arrests, detention without court, and public punishment only by advocating for self-determination.

“This is no longer about crime battles. This is about narrative control,” the statement said. “While the Fulani herders destroyed the community armed with AK-47, the state turned away, only to cry ‘ESN’ when the victims were organized to defend themselves.”

This group further emphasized that the criminalization pattern encountered came from “institutionalized ethnic prejudice,” calling for immediately ended with what was described as a careless scapegoat.

“If a woman disguised as a soldier is not enough to pollute Nigeria’s military image, then a criminal in the southeast cannot justify the label of the IPOB of terrorist organizations. That is logic. Unfortunately, logic is often the first victim in the country flooded with propaganda,” the group said.

Ipob concluded his statement by calling for the government and Nigerian media to end what was described as “heinous ethnic profile” and “obsessive scapegoat,” warning that while justice may be delayed, “The truth cannot be buried permanently under the country’s propaganda debris.”