The Department of State Service (DSS) says it “has uncovered the heinous role played by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), in the abduction/kidnap of five Hausa-Fulani residents, at Isuikwuato LGA in Abia State.”
Those alleged to have been kidnapped includee Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Ragp
DSS said in a statement issued Saturday in Abuja and signed by Tony Opuiyo that the abducted men were later discovered at the Umuanyi forest, Abia State, where they were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst fifty (50) other shallow graves of unidentified persons.
The statement said that arrest and investigation conducted so far, revealed that elements within the IPOB, carried out the dastardly action.
“It is pertinent therefore to alert the general public that IPOB, is gradually showing its true divisive colour and objectives, while steadily embarking on gruesome actions in a bid to ignite ethnic terrorism and mistrust amongst non-indigenes in the South-East region and other parts of the country.
“Following this act, tension is currently rife among communal stakeholders in the State with possibilities of spillover to other parts of country.
The statement said that the Service will not hesitate to act decisively within its statutory mandate to ensure that the sponsors and perpetrators of the action are apprehended and prosecuted for their crime.
The statement however, enjoined law-abiding citizens to go about their civil duties and businesses freely, as efforts are being intensified by security agencies to maintain law and order in the State and across the Federation.
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