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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of the Eastern Security Network, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the of the ESN to cease fire with the Nigerian military and return to the forests.

Kanu in a post on Wednesday evening noted that based on the intelligence available, the army and the police had withdrawn their operatives from Orlu in Imo State so the ESN should also therefore withdraw.

Since last Friday, Orlu has been embroiled in a crisis with residents, policemen and soldiers reportedly shot dead following a clash between the military and the ESN officials in some communities.

The soldiers could not arrest any of the ESN operatives who reportedly overpowered the army, because of their use of traditional powers.

The soldiers were said to have withdrawn with one of them being seen in a viral video rescued by some civilians and taken into a private firm for safety from the rampaging ESN operatives.

Witnesses reported sporadic shooting as residents took cover to avoid stray bullets.

Five persons, including a middle-aged woman, were said to have been killed by stray bullets from guns of the Nigerian Army while some properties were burnt. The soldiers were said to be drawn from the 34 Artillery Brigade in Obinze.

On Tuesday, some elder statesmen in Imo State also condemned the destruction of lives and property in Orlu due to the clash, while asking the government to restore law and order.

The stakeholders in a release demanded justice for those who were killed by the military, adding that the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, must show leadership at “this critical time”.

On Wednesday evening, IPOB leader, Kanu, stated that intelligence at his disposal stated that the military and the police had agreed to withdraw from the troubled areas.

He said, “Credible intelligence indicates that the army and police reinforcement deployed from Owerri have been ordered to withdraw from Orlu.

“For this reason, I hereby direct the officers and men of the Eastern Security Network to stand down, while remaining vigilant to any Fulani terrorist activity in Biafra land.”

SaharaReporters had reported that a combat aircraft of the Nigerian military paraded the tense Orlu communities on Tuesday and Wednesday in a bid to locate and engage ESN operatives, accused of killing soldiers and causing mayhem in the area.

The aircraft had caught the attention of the residents, who believed that the aircraft was sent to locate and engage the ESN operatives.

SaharaReporters had seen a video of the military aircraft hovering over the area on Tuesday.

“A helicopter has been deployed in Orlu. The military has been hovering over civilian homes. They should go to the forests and engage the ESN operatives. There is tension everywhere,” a resident, who did not wish to be identified, had said.

But Kanu noted that the ESN officials should withdraw, as the military and police had also agreed to withdraw their men.

http://saharareporters.com/2021/01/28/imo-clash-nnamdi-kanu-orders-esn-operatives-cease-fire-return-forests

Ok

Mr Commander

Ok. But why order them into the forest when they are chasing herdsmen from the same forest

AbijaJ:
OK. But why order them into the forest when they are chasing herdsmen from the same forest

Love him or hate him,NK get mouth.
The Nigeria army should dey their dey and stop provoking unnecessary confrontations,if they are looking for ESN,let them head straight to the forest.

You know say goat no Dey baf you go dey pour am water.

Influence and authority mixed with respect! MNK

Ok

mrvitalis:


All this double digit IQ people self

ESN mission is to make sure herdsmen are not in the bushes in south east .... anyone who is not a Dundee knows u need to be inside the bushes to achieve that

Nor vex. Na question I ask, I nor kee pesin. But I thought ESN had already succeded in chasing all herdsmen out of Igbo forests. If so, why then must they continue to dwell in the forests?

AbijaJ:


Nor vex. Na question I ask, I nor kee pesin. But I thought ESN had already succeded in chasing all herdsmen out of Igbo forests. If so, why then must they continue to dwell in the forests?

Go to those forests and find out for us.

AbijaJ:


Nor vex. Na question I ask, I nor kee pesin. But I thought ESN had already succeded in chasing all herdsmen out of Igbo forests. If so, why then must they continue to dwell in the forests?

Since no bank robbery this days why do we still have police attached to bank

Since no war in south why do we still have army in south ?

Anything concerning I.gbos, the Fg always take it to the extreme.

Messed up country.

No
The war must continue,
Shebi una want war, it's warming up
(A full scale war with disastrous consequences)
Na so bokoharams take start

Back to base
May God in his infinite mercy bless kanu

Hmmmm.....nawa oo. Make these foolanis leave my Igbo brothers alone kwanu.

Okay naaw

It's baffling and amazing how someone in a far away country could command such a massive movement. No living being on earth has such loyal followers & volunteers as of today.
Can anyone name one individual who command such respect & multitude all over the world.
Love him or hate. He is making a mark in the annals of history.

I have no fvcks to give anyone who dies on behalf of Cownu the coward.

Nor be only ESN, na MTN.

Order received, operation locate Fulani militia in full force in the forests. Mass surveillance and reconnaissance by ESN in progress.

NiRfreak:
Hope he's not turning them to herdsmen cos na herdsmen dey live for forest

ESN job is to prevent the ongoing situation in the South West happening in the South East where herdsmen have overrun the forests kidnapping, maiming, killing of Yorubas in their own land, there are vigilantes in every Igbo community responsible for internal security working with the Police

A

Hope he's not turning them to herdsmen cos na herdsmen dey live for forest

Okay

GeneralPula:
Emeka Akuma

Lord knows how many Emeka that are disguising as Fulani to kidnap in the forest..

I hope they catch those forest kidnappers soon. A lot of people are gonna be shocked !

All videos indicates that the language spoken by forest kidnappers so far point to your Fulani mongrels speaking fulfude and hausa. it is paid pigheaded mongrel like you who are so obsessed with disgusting as Igbo and Yoruba on the forum to incite hatred and fight amongst other ethnic people. Before you respond general pulani, do tell us first where your ancestral land is in Africa.

TruthHurts1:
Watch and see how the hired liars who are working for the dullard on this forum will come and say this is a lie. But in any event I'm a firm believer in letting people suffer for the consequences of their stupid decisions. As long as herdsmen kidnapping and banditry keeps happening in the North, it is a welcome occurrence.

See everybody don know say na the same landless fulani parasites still be the same unknown gunmen who are also the same Boko Haramistans who are also the same bandits and kidnappers and herdsmen all belonging to the landless fulani parasites destabilizing our ancestral land as they have turned Hausalands to a wasteland of barbarism

wink2015:
All this happening about fulani herdsmen and their activities including kidnapping, armed robbery etc is pointing at one thing - RESTRUCTURING.

A situation where one is made a slave over his own ancestral land is unacceptable.

Fulani herdsmen and their er at the federal level must be called to order.

NIGERIA MUST BE RESTRUCTURED for meaning development to take place.

Alternatively referendum should be conducted across the regions for state to determine their choice of existence.

Koni dafu restructuring! Se wan bi soni meja ni!? We say we no dey follow do Nigeria again, you dey tok Restructuring, who restructuring go help, aboki dey use sharia constitution for north, dem dey use dubious anti-native kwonstitution for us for South, shey country never divide, Fulani dey in charge everything since 1960 dey call shots on how others go live. dat one na country ? If to say nigeria dey run true frederalism den every ethnic groups suppose dey involve when some aboki and bastard Yorubas dey cook that yeye 1999 constitution. Yorubas are 55Milllion in population, Jordan, Jamaica and Lebanon, Portugal and Croatia together never plenty reach us and one ignorant fools go tok say we no fit dey on our own, he or she no go die better, na by force to live under this expired cage called Nijeriya', a British made bondage created to suppress and subjugate the native indigenes by ensuring power resides with the landless alien fulani parasitic mongrels and their internal bedbugs ? If northerners sabi government den make the Hausa among them hold their Arewa dey do government for their people, make fulani hold those parts of Hausalands wey dem don turn emirates to BokoHaramistan country dey govern their jihadist populations. Make Igbo hold their Biafria, make south south hold their side, middle belt hold their side, make everybody go dey bear him papa name dey manage him resources. No be by force to live under one nigeria, the naija for work 100% but alien parasites mongrels called fulanis and their bedbugs injected into our ancestral lands dey do us backstab, dey use manipulation and confusion dey make us dey fight and hate each other as can be clearly observed here on Nairaland wey one pighead helianus and his army of jihadist boku for Nairaland dey bear Yoruba and Igbo names dropping divisive, misleading and confusing comments just to dey cause hatred and bitterness in order to achieve divide and conquer, but these 72-virgin pigheaded paid agents monkeys dont get it that everyone has caught up to their schemes.

Odudua nation arise
Biafra/Igboland arise
Beninland arise
Ogoniland arise
Ijawland arise
EfikIbibioland arise.

Nigeria is not our identity.

The British who imposed that false and slavish identity on us has left union of European despite been the same European people ooo, country like Belarus and Armenia no reach una population and dem do fine, many of una pipu dey travel go there go hustle, if naija better shey dem go go there cold country ? #ENDnigeriaNOW to save lives, the solution is not restricting or regional, the only solution to all this madness is to De-amalgamate the expired contraption called nigeria. A landless fulani parasite can not dictate to you on how to live on your ancestral land. Wake up. Ask the fulani mongrel to first show us his ancestral land before he speak anything, they don't have, they are scattered all over West africa causing mayhem and confusion, giving africa a bad name, they are the ones making us backward, not the Europeans and Americans. Talk plenty, wake up my people.

Divinehealer:


After you comb the forest, who will comb the towns? Afterall she was taken by non Fulani from the city and sold to the forest dwellers.
Many non Fulanis are now collaborating with their Fulani brothers to make money out of selling their country men.
I keep saying it, If slave trade should return again, Africans esp Nigerians will still capture and sell each other all over again. Years later they will blame oyinbo slave master for using their fellow blacks as slaves.

U better open your eyes, any non-fulani collaborator is one way connected to those landless fulani by blood. Do you know foolanis have many people well planted within every tribe and ethnic group ? They are called begbugs, while the real fulanis are either parasites or mongrel. There is no way a Yoruba or igbo criminal would relate with a fulani jihadists. There are half fulani half Benin na, dem plenty for Auchi, so reason one plus plus to connect to two. This kind news dey to misinform people say na non fulanis people dey run crime just to paint the fulanis innocent. When naija deltans dey reign for kidnapping matter, u ever hear am say dey collude with fulanis black Arabs and yet fulanis dey kill natives for all those period ooo. Make una wise up

Mgbadike80:
Nnamdi Kanu established the ESN to guard the forests and residents against this type of crime but the southeast governors/Ohanaeze are fighting him because they want to get a vice presidential position from the fulani in 2023.

Fulani with their shattered born to rule mentality will only use and dump dem to destroy their people while they force another of theirs on nijeryans....dem don dey prepare Atiku for nijeryans, but all their plans don cast. No more nijeryans, ODUDUA NATION BIAFRA NATION IJAW NATION EDO NATION ARISE NOW

Deamalgamate nigeria to save lives.

valenu:
Influence and authority mixed with respect.

I must say he's almost at the Ojukwu level.

Were they out on his order before?

Confused idiot. I pray this guy doesn't destroy our dear Igboland with this nonsense.

The worst part is that the governors are silent.