IPOB Discovers Mass Grave of Members Killed by Soldiers During Operation Python Dance

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday said it has discovered a mass grave of its members who were killed during the military operation tagged operation python dance two.

The group said it discovered the grave in Obiawom village of Ogwe Autonomous Community in Asa Ukwa West LGA of Abia State.

The group said its intelligence unit discovered the graves, which it described as horrific and gruesome.

A statement by the head of Media and Publicity of IPOB,  Emma Powerful, stated that the discovery would drive home the horror of Operation Python Dance and why all those that participated in its instigation and execution should not go unpunished.

According to the statement, "If anything, this cold blooded execution and unceremonious dumping of dead bodies in the forest by Fulani soldiers in Obiawom village in Ukwa West under the control of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, is ample justification for the recent decision of IPOB to disengage from any further talks with Ohaneze Ndigbo and South East governors."

The group said had the same number of murder victims been discovered in any Muslim country, region or part of the world, the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations, Britain, USA and world media will be up in arms demanding explanation and holding the perpetrators accountable.

"Because these events are happening to Biafrans in Nigeria; where an Islamic government, along with her security operatives staffed by Fulani officers are aiding and protecting Hausa Fulani herdsmen and their kinsmen in the army from the consequences of the worst form of ethnically motivated genocide presently in Africa, the world remains deaf to the cries of IPOB."

IPOB called for the designation of the site of the mass grave and the site of these decomposed bodies as international crime scene and be promptly investigated.

It said: "Should the United Nations, ICC, USA and European Union fail to act on this gruesome discovery of mass grave, we would conclude that there exists a credible bias and conspiracy to exterminate and Islamise Biafra by the pro-Islamic international community."

IPOB noted that the anniversary of the killing of its members, during the invasion of its leader's house in Afara Ukwu, Umuahia during the Python Dance on September 14, 2017, was fast approaching.

It called on Igbo governors, the global Christian community, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other reputable and relevant human rights organisations around the world to prevail upon the International Criminal Court, the Nigeria Government and its security operatives to release the remaining dead bodies of her members in their custody.