…declared wanted by Imo State police
A notorious member of the Indigenous People of Biafran(IPOP) has escaped from prison cell in Orlu, imo State.
Anselem Chikezie Madueke , also known as “Lion Heart” has been alleged to be the operational leader of IPOB, Olu Zone in Imo state.
According to information, the people of Biafra in the South-East zone have been campaigning for freedom from the Nigerian state, headed by their leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for years.
Since his arrest, the government has continued to clamp down on them , even when caught demonstrating and calling for succession.
According to report, they are fighting for freedom, handed down to them by their fathers while calling for the international community to come to his rescue.
His escape from the Orlu Police station has continue to generate reactions and controversies of his ability to beat the Nigeria security apparatus.
He’s now a wanted man and has been placed on the wanted list by the Nigeria Police.
It could be recalled that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist group in Nigeria that aims to restore the defunct Republic of Biafra, a country which seceded from Nigeria prior to the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).
Since 2021, IPOB and other Biafran separatist groups have been fighting a low-level guerilla conflict in southeastern Nigeria against the Nigerian government. The group was founded in 2012 by Nnamdi Kanu and Uche Mefor.
Kanu is known as a British Nigerian political activist known for his advocacy of the contemporary Biafran independence movement. It was deemed a terrorist organization by the Nigerian government in 2017 under the Nigerian Terrorism Act.
As of May 2022, the United Kingdom started denying asylum to members of IPOB who engaged in human rights abuses, though the U.K. government clarified that IPOB had not been designated as a terrorist organisation.
