Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, yesterday dared the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ignoring its threat by re-launching sub-regional security vigilance group, Ebubeagu.

IPOB had earlier warned pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s President General, Prof. George Obiozor, as well as the governors of South-East states, among others, to desist from re-establishing Ebubeagu as a security outfit.

Its secretary, Emma Powerful, had warned Obiozor to tread with caution, noting that re-establishment of Ebubeagu would worsen the precarious security situation in the South-East region.

But Ebonyi helmsman, Umahi, defied that yesterday, saying: “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the command and leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi KANU, has been drawn to the laughable call by Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Prof. George Obiozor, on South-East governors to re-establish the ridiculous, weak and unpopular Ebubeagu security outfit that has never been able to confront the Fulani bandits terrorising our ancestral land, but only good at humiliating innocent Biafra youths, with the collaboration of security agents.

“We want to make it categorically clear to Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its co-travellers that any attempt to re-establish Ebubeagu security outfit in South-East will further worsen the precarious security situation in the zone.
“They should understand that our gallant Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives have been sacrificing so dearly to secure our ancestral land.

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“But instead of complementing the efforts of ESN and IPOB to secure and defend our land against Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen, these saboteurs disguising as Ebubeagu security operatives give information on ESN to the wicked Nigeria security agencies.

“Because of this treachery, IPOB and ESN cannot operate together with Ebubeagu with undefined mission,” the IPOB spokesman said.