The Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF has called for the immediate withdrawal of troops from all the roads in the defunct Biafra region.
This is coming amidst complaints from commuters over alleged harassment and extortion by soldiers deployed for the Army exercise, ‘Atilogwu Udo 1’.
In a statement made available to newsmen, the self-acclaimed President of BZF, Barr. Benjamin Onwuka called for the immediate suspension of the army operation.
Recall that the Nigerian Army had on November 1 launched another Army Operation patterned in line with the Operation Python Dance, which generated controversy last year.
Onwuka in his statement described the on-going exercise as a further subjugation of the Biafran people.
According to him, “the Nigerian Government is here once again with their oppressive tendencies against the good people of Biafra land. We recall vividly all the terrible things the Army did here last year in the name of Operation Python Dance”.
In his words “Now, they have come up again, this time with a deceptive acronym, Atilogwu Udo or whatever they call it.
We don’t care about whatever name they give their attack dogs, but our stand is that their troops should be withdrawn forthwith from all our roads.
“We are already receiving disturbing reports about their activities across all the zones in our area. Drivers, passengers and innocent people are already been harassed and dehumanized, even for answering phone calls.
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Speaking further, he said “To this end, we demand suspension of the said exercise and immediate end to the militarization of the Biafra land. We are not fighting another war, neither are Boko Haram elements residing here.
”We reject any form of Army invasion of our territory under whatever guise, or whatever acronym”.
He noted that the Army cannot come here to be searching people for any form of identification, adding that they know where to find Boko Haram insurgent.
“We have already reported them to the United States and Israel and our demand is simple- they should take their exercise to the North-East and leave innocent Southerns alone.” he said.
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