Security Agents Forcing Criminals To Claim To ESN – IPOB

Nigeria security agents has been accused of forcing criminals to claim the identity of Eastern Security Network (ESN).

Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has accused all the Nigeria agency which include the Nigeria Police, Army and Department of State Services (DSS) of trying to blackmail criminals into claiming to be member of ESN.

IPoB in a statement by its image maker, Emma Powerful, entitled, “Police, Army, DSS, are forcing criminals they arrested in different parts of South East states to claim ESN operatives”, said that such blackmail against IPoB is an exercise in futility, and will always collapse like a pack of cards because IPoB is not a criminal organization and does not habour criminals.

IPoB gave an instance of its allegation against security agencies with the viral video of the arrest of a suspected notorious criminal that has been terrorizing Atta community in Njaba Local Government Area, Imo State, who gave his name as Okechukwu, claiming that he is popularly known as “Buhari” and was forced to claim ESN, but he declined and the security agents that arrested him tried to force him to own up being ESN member or be dealt with.