Akure—DISTURBED by the security threat occasioned by various abductions of prominent and innocent persons in the state, the Nigeria Army, yesterday, raided kidnappers’ dens and arrested seven of their kingpins in Akoko area of Ondo State and border towns.

CALM has returned to Abia State after the weeklong security crisis which rocked Aba and Umuahia, following clashes between soldiers and members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, which the Military reportedly declared a militant terrorist group, while the South East Governors banned it. 

THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai Monday evening stated that the Defence Headquarters did not declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB an terrorist organization in the country.

The Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has said that it is only the federal government of Nigeria that has the constitutional right to declare, if deemed fit, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wanted. He also refuted claims that the Nigerian army under any pressure to withdraw troops from South-East.

Bianca Ojukwu, the wife of late Biafra warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has said that there is no justification for the categorization of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organization by the Nigerian army as well as its proscription by the south-east governors.

`Operation Python Dance`(Egwu Eke 2), being conducted in Ebonyi is aimed at combating identified security challenges in the South-East zone and not targeted at any individual, the Nigerian Army has clarified.

The Nigeria Army has increased military presence as a measure to prevent any form of reprisal attacks in Zaria, following reports of attacks on non-indigenes resident in parts of South East.

The Nigerian Army says it will conduct more exercises to sharpen personnel skills and prepare them to tackle emerging security challenges in the country.

 The Nigerian Army says it will conduct more exercises to sharpen personnel skills and prepare them to tackle emerging security challenges in the country.

The Nigerian Army has it will soon launch Operation Crocodile Smile II in the South-West and South South regions of the country.

The National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kogi State chapter, has called on both the Nigeria Army and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to thread with caution to avoid war.

I WOKE up this Thursday morning, and after my usual morning devotion, I consulted my Internet-enabled gadget as is now customary with most people. I was confronted by two very unfortunate fallout of the Nigerian Army’s Operation Python Dance II which is ongoing in the South East.

By Anthony Ogbonna The Nigerian army, Saturday, said it would commence the second phase of its exercise in the South-south, code-named, Operation Crocodile Smile II, just like it has launched the Operation Egwu Eke II or Operation Python Dance II currently taking place in the South-East region.

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed gratitude to God for averting bloodbath in the state, following the withdrawal of troops deployed to Abia for a one-month military exercise code-named “Operation Python Dance.”

Biafra was justice and freedom. But Biafra has become a tool for charlatans, a toy for dissipation of youthful exuberance. Biafra once evoked Igbo unity and enterprise. But Biafra has now been appropriated by jobless opportunists who exploit the frustrations of their poor brothers. Biafra was Igbo fellowship. But this their  new Biafra  thrives on  cannibalizing  fellow Igbos. Biafra was consultation, consensus. This Biafra is now  extremism, hallucination, egocentrism.