IPOB warns against fake ESN issuing directives on social media

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Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned against a fake operatives of its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), alleged to be giving out directives to members of the organisation through social media outlets.

Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement in Owerri, urged its members and the people of the South East to disregard such directives allegedly  emanating from its commanders .

While describing sponsors of the fake ESN as infiltrators and impostors, the group emphasised that their interest was to mislead the public.

His statement read in part: “Let it be made abundantly clear: ESN does not take orders online. ESN has never taken orders online. ESN will never take orders online.

“The Eastern Security Network was established by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu under a disciplined and centralised chain of command with one sacred duty: to defend Biafraland from invasion, occupation, and the fate that has befallen other indigenous territories across Nigeria.

“ESN was not created for noise. It was not created for propaganda. It was not created for social media performance. It was created as a disciplined indigenous defence structure with a defined command system, a singular mission, and one source of authority.

“That command structure remains intact.

“Those issuing imaginary orders online in the name of ESN are not part of that structure. They do not speak for ESN. They do not speak for IPOB. They are enemies of Biafra restoration, opportunists feeding off confusion, and agents planted by the Nigerian state to fracture trust, create disorder, and weaken the only indigenous self-defence architecture that has successfully protected our people.

“The public is advised to disregard every social media audio, post, broadcast, and fabricated “directive” claiming to emanate from ESN. ESN operations are not conducted on Facebook, not on WhatsApp, not on TikTok, not on X, and not in the comment sections of political hustlers. ESN answers to command, not clout.

“Today, ESN continues to function through its established internal command structure silently, effectively, and without public theatre. It does not advertise. It does not perform for social media. It does not issue operational directives in public. It does not answer to online fraudsters, blackmail merchants, or infiltrators posing as agitators.

Its duty remains what it has always been: protect Biafraland at all costs.

“That duty continues, those exploiting the ESN name for extortion, propaganda, confusion, or state-sponsored sabotage will fail,” Powerful stated.

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