ESN<\/a> in Awomama, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, killing Ikonso and six members of the group.<\/p>\nBarely 24 hours after Ikonso\u2019s death, IPOB announced new commander but declined to make his name public. Disclosing this when he appeared on Channels Tv, Sunday Politics, IPOB Secretary, Emma Powerful also denied ESN\u2019s involvement in the attack on Hope Uzodinma\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
\u201cESN are not the ones that attacked Uzodinma\u2019s house. They cannot come for an operation and tell you they are ESN.<\/p>\n
When asked to explain the groups operational activities, he opined: We pursue Fulani herdsmen from the region\u201d.<\/p>\n
Again when asked to comment on the new instituted security outfit by the South East Governors, \u2018Ebubeagu\u2019, Emma Powerful said: \u201cThey are ghost security outfit. There is no group like Ebubeagu\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has stated that another ESN military Commander has been appointed following the death of Ikonso who was killed by security operatives. A tactical team of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army, and Department of State Services (DSS), in a joint operation early Saturday, stormed the operational headquarters of the ESN […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6659,6661,331,6660],"class_list":["post-26152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-another-esn-commander","tag-esn-commander","tag-ipob","tag-taken-over"],"yoast_head":"\n
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