ANALYSIS: Despite Nnamdi Kanu's incarceration, IPOB-linked killings, attacks continue in South-east

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A sit-at-home order recently announced by IPOB in the South-east was obeyed by many residents.

as well as civilians, in areas where the attacks occurred. Amnesty International, a human rights group, estimated that the death toll from the violence within the same period in Anambra, Imo, Abia, and Ebonyi States might run into the hundreds.

But ESN is doing much more than that, state governments, residents, and security officials said, accusing the group of criminal activities, including attacks on unarmed civilians, fatal assaults on the police and theft of weapons.The ESN is believed to have morphed into a paramilitary unit with broader functions including enforcing IPOB’s mandates such as sit-at-home orders.

Mr Kanu was re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria in June to continue facing treasonable felony trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He also faces charges of unlawful possession of firearms and setting up of an illegal security unit – ESN.Mr Kanu’s arrest in June had thrown the separatist group into disarray, leading to a dramatic reduction in violence in the south-eastern region.

 

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Laughable reports, you lie... Fulani herdsmen kill enugu pregnant woman and remove foetus...that should be your headline

Latter you would link your father and your 2home generation to the killings! Animal

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