Indigenous People of Biafra led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has named the Imo State Government House and Awomamma Junction after Ikonso, the Eastern Security Network commander.
Imo State Government House is located at Douglas road, Owerri, the state capital while Awomamma junction is along Owerri – Onitsha road.
Ikonso was recently killed by Nigerian security operatives in Imo State. An act, the outlawed group vowed to ensure Nigeria security forces regret.
In a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB said, “We, the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Biafrans worldwide, wish to announce to the world, our unanimous decision to rename the Imo State Government House, Douglas Road, Owerri, and Awomamma Junction after the late heroic Commander of the Eastern Security Network, Ikonso, murdered in cold blood by cowardly Nigeria security operatives.
“The affected places will henceforth be called Ikonso Government House, Ikonso Way and Ikonso Junction respectively. This is with immediate effect and compliance is required of all ministries and parastatals beginning from today, the 28th day of April 2021.
“This decision is one of the ways IPOB members and Biafrans all over the world have agreed to immortalise the name of our brave Ikonso and his men killed by the callous cowardly Nigeria security agents that flee from terrorists and bandits but derive pleasure in killing unarmed Biafra agitators.
“Ikonso and other fallen heroes with him did nothing to warrant their summary extrajudicial execution. They made the supreme sacrifice in defence of our ancestral land against Fulani terrorists, jihadists and killer herdsmen. Biafra shall never forget them.
“We therefore expect maximum cooperation from relevant government agencies, officials and the Imo State House of Assembly because we don’t know who this Douglas is that a road in Owerri was named but we know who Ikonso was.
“He defended Imo State with his life, for without him; most Imo indigenes would be in IDP camps by now courtesy of Fulani terrorists.”
However, the state government has debunked the claim.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media, Modestus Nwamkpa, nothing exists in the state.