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Afnews Editor

Sep 03, 2021

An Igbo reporter with the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Obiejesi Chukwunaeme Kingsley has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of threatening his life.

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Kingsley alleged that some IPOB members are threatening his life because his reports were against them.

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The BBC reporter, however, said he was familiar with such death threats.

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In a post on his Facebook, Kingsley, who did not mention IPOB by its name, indicated by what the members use which is 'Umu Chineke.'

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He wrote: "As a journalist working with BBC Igbo Service, I am not new to death threats. Myself and my colleagues get death threats on a daily basis. Sometimes it hurts, but most times I laugh it off.

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"The interesting thing is that the people that threaten to kill me and my colleagues, are the same people that refer to themselves as "ß╗ñmß╗Ñ ChinekeÔÇØ or "ß╗Ñmß╗Ñ Chukwu okike AbiamaÔÇØ. Is it not funny?

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"I am not allowed to join issues with these death mongers, but whenever I see the threats, I reply in my heart: "My name is Chukwunaeme. Ejirß╗ì ß╗ìnwß╗Ñ eyi m egwu.ÔÇØ

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IPOB has been accused of attacking and killing some people of the Southeast not sympathetic to their agitation for Biafra.

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But, IPOB had always denied such allegations, claiming that its members are peaceful people.

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Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader is still locked by the Department of State Services, DSS, in Abuja.

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Kanu has been in detention following his rearrest in Kenya.

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