The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated that its organization had no connection to the tragic death of Ahmed Gulak, a former political aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
In a recent public statement, IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, emphasized that the group’s sit-at-home directive occurred on Monday, May 31, 2021—a full day after Gulak’s assassination. This clarification directly counters claims linking the separatist group to the incident.
Powerful dismissed the alleged connection between Gulak’s death and the court proceedings of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, asserting that the prosecution’s strategy lacks credible evidence. According to him, Gulak was killed on Sunday, May 30, which chronologically refutes any association with the IPOB’s sit-at-home observance.
He added that the death certificate presented by the prosecution holds no valid legal merit in the ongoing case, stating:
“Let it be known that the so-called death certificate of Ahmed Gulak, former aide to ex-President Jonathan, has no evidentiary value whatsoever in the context of the ongoing trial.”
Emma Powerful also criticized prosecuting counsel Awomolo SAN for attempting to reintroduce evidence after concluding the examination-in-chief, calling it a dishonest and unethical legal move.
He explained:
“The Federal Government’s prosecuting counsel, Awomolo SAN, acting with shocking dishonesty, attempted to reintroduce evidence after closing his examination-in-chief—an unethical and unacceptable legal maneuver designed only to mask the shame of a failed prosecution.”
Clarifying the date of the sit-at-home, Powerful stressed that:
“The sit-at-home observance declared by IPOB for the annual 30th May Remembrance Day in 2021 was held on Monday, 31st May 2021, not Sunday the 30th. Gulak was murdered on Sunday, a full day before the observance.”
He further accused the Federal Government of trying to manipulate historical narratives for political gain and ethnic scapegoating. He likened the situation to the 1966 military coup, which was wrongly branded as an “Igbo coup,” thus leading to civil unrest and ethnic violence.
“We remind the world that this is not the first time the Nigerian State has weaponized misinformation and historical revisionism to justify ethnic persecution.
Just as the 1966 coup was falsely labelled an ‘Igbo coup’ to ignite the genocidal war against our people, they now seek to frame IPOB for every act of state-engineered violence in the South East.”
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- Explore Nigeria’s political history and civil war triggers
- See our analysis of ethnic tensions in South East Nigeria
- Latest headlines on national security in Nigeria
- BBC News on Gulak’s murder and Nigeria’s unrest
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