{"id":32142,"date":"2021-04-26T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=32142"},"modified":"2021-04-26T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:20:14","slug":"how-commander-ikonso-was-killed-as-ipob-opens-up-denies-burning-uzodinmas-home-in-omuma-says-we-pursue-fulani-herdsmen-in-the-region-insists-there-is-no-group-like-ebubeagu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=32142","title":{"rendered":"How Commander, Ikonso Was Killed As IPOB Opens Up .Denies Burning Uzodinma\u2019s Home In Omuma .Says \u201cWe Pursue Fulani Herdsmen In The Region .Insists There Is No Group Like Ebubeagu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In apparent bid to clear itself of suspicion and allegations of involvement in recent attacks in Imo State, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has opened up on the matter.<br>According to a TV Program Trumpeta monitored, IPOB Secretary, Emma Powerful while speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme also denied ESN\u2019s involvement in Saturday\u2019s attack on Governor Hope Uzodinma\u2019s residence.<br>According to him, \u201cESN are not the ones that attacked Uzodinma\u2019s house. They cannot come for an operation and tell you they are ESN,\u201d he said.<br>When asked to explain the group\u2019s operational activities, he said, \u201cWe pursue Fulani herdsmen from the region.\u201d<br>Speaking on the new instituted security outfit by the South East governors, \u2018Ebubeagu\u2019, Powerful said, \u201cThey are a ghost security outfit. There is no group like Ebubeagu.\u201d<br>Emma Powerful also refused to reveal the identity of the new commander or say anything about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In apparent bid to clear itself of suspicion and allegations of involvement in recent attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Commander, Ikonso Was Killed As IPOB Opens Up .Denies Burning Uzodinma\u2019s Home In Omuma .Says \u201cWe Pursue Fulani Herdsmen In The Region .Insists There Is No Group Like Ebubeagu -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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