Reacting to Sunday’s clash, IPOB said on Monday that security agencies in Nigeria were worse than the dreaded Boko Haram and ISWAP.

The group, which was referring particularly to the army and the police, said the way the security outfits had been killing its members without provocation showed they (army and police) were terrorist organisations.

This is coming as the Enugu State Police Command said members of the separatist group arrested during the bloody clash on Sunday would be charged to court after its investigation.

The state police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, who stated this on Monday, explained that investigation into the incident had begun, adding that five persons arrested on Sunday were in their custody.

But IPOB, in a statement on Monday, signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said, “When it comes to killing Biafrans, they are infinitely worse than Boko Haram and ISWAP put together.”

The statement reads in part: “Oduduwa’s Amotekun are armed, Fulani Miyetti Allah are armed, Fulani terror herdsmen are armed, Fulani funded bandits are armed, Fulani Ansaru Brigade are armed.

“They all gather in public without any military interference. But as soon as Biafran youths congregate in any location to pray, every Nigerian military formation, including police, DSS, Army, Air Force stationed in Biafraland, will descend on them, firing indiscriminately with the intention of killing as many innocent people as possible because IPOB is a peaceful movement.”