IPOB Slams Umahi Over Journalists’ Intimidation, Arrest

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi against incessant harassment, humiliation and arrest of innocent journalists in the State.
The group said it has been watching and monitoring the actions of the governor, insisting that such moves would not go unpunished.
In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB argued that there was no justification for the governor’s actions on the journalists who did not commit any crime against his government.
It explained that it was the duty of journalists as the watch dog of society to expose atrocities of both criminals and state actors for the good of all.
The statement reads: “The attention of the great family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide has been drawn to the incessant harassment, humiliation and arrest of innocent journalists in Ebonyi State since the beginning of this year 2020 by Dave Umahi.
“Governor Dave Umahi has not stopped harassing and giving threatening messages to journalists in Ebonyi state over their insistence in exposing through their factual reports, the ongoing genocides and unprovoked attacks against hapless Ebonyi people by Fulani herdsmen, terrorists, and security operatives in some instances.
“Governor Dave Umahi and his foot soldiers in Abakiliki Government House have never hidden their sympathy for the Fulani cabals behind the mass atrocities in Biafra land including Ebonyi State just because of his selfish political ambition”.