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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) emerged in 2012 as well after these other groups. [25] IPOB emerged to continue the movement that had been championed by MASSOB. MASSOB was formed in 1999 by its national leader Ralph Uwazuruike. However, the organization was severely weakened due to alleged state repression and disagreement within the ...
The 2024 Aba killings were an armed conflict that occurred in Aba, Nigeria, on 30 May 2024 in which at least 11 people were killed following the conflicting sit-at-home orders [2] issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) to commemorate deceased Biafran Heroes/Heroines.
Shortly after the Orlu Crisis, IPOB gave all the governors of southeast Nigeria 14 days to ban open grazing, threatening to deploy the ESN to enforce a ban if the authorities did not do so. [13] However, the ESN did not wait 14 days; a few days later, ESN operatives attacked a Fulani camp in Isuikwuato , Abia State , killing their livestock and ...
The most prominent separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), officially continued to claim that it intends to achieve the independence of Biafra through non-violent means. However, IPOB fields an armed wing, the Eastern Security Network , and has been blamed for many attacks in southeastern Nigeria.
Since 2021, IPOB and other Biafran separatist groups have been fighting a low-level guerilla conflict in southeastern Nigeria against the Nigerian government. The group was founded in 2012 [ 99 ] by Nnamdi Kanu who has been the leader [ 100 ] and Uche Mefor , who served as the deputy leader.
The insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria is a military conflict that broke out in the city of Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria on 16 January 2021, when the Nigerian Army moved to crush the paramilitary wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security Network (ESN). [30]
Nnamdi Kanu Kanu in 2021 Born Nwannekaenyi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu (1967-09-25) 25 September 1967 (age 57) Isiama Afara, Biafra Citizenship British Education University of Nigeria, Nsukka Occupation Activist Notable work Radio Biafra Movement Indigenous People of Biafra Spouse Uchechi Okwu Kanu Website ipob.org Nnamdi Okwu Kanu // ⓘ (born 25 September 1967) [6] is a British [7] political activist ...
Ekpa Simon Njoku [3] (born 21 March 1985), generally known as Simon Ekpa, is a Finnish politician and Biafran political activist. [4] [5] In 2022, while in Finland, he declared the activation of the Biafra Government In Exile (BGIE), and in 2023 declared himself the leader (titled "Prime Minister") of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE).