ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied having any bomb factory in Ebonyi State or anywhere in the South-East.
Voiceofnaija.ng reported that the Ebonyi State Police Command said it had recovered some improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the biggest bomb factory in the South-East, belonging to the IPOB.
According to the police, the recovered IEDs were capable of causing colossal damage when detonated.
However, in a statement by its spokesman Emma Powerful, on Monday, IPOB denied the allegation.
The group said: “We want to make it categorically clear that IPOB is innocent of this accusation.
It added that its unit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), has no faction.
“For record purposes, ESN and IPOB do not have any faction.
“IPOB members are individual persons living in their houses while ESN operatives are in the bushes protecting our land from terrorist herdsmen,” the group added.
Meanwhile, the security agencies have repeatedly accused IPOB of being behind the carnage in the South-East region
The group, however, maintains that its secessionist mission is non-violent.