{"id":42286,"date":"2021-04-13T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286"},"modified":"2021-04-13T14:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:21:17","slug":"uwazuruike-mocks-nnamdi-kanus-esn-backs-ebube-agu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286","title":{"rendered":"Uwazuruike mocks Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s ESN, backs Ebube-Agu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Raph-Uwazuruike.jpg\" alt=\"UWAZURUIKE: Nnamdi Kanu is a fake freedom fighter, DSS planned his disappearance, reappearance\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has taken a swipe at the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that the security outfit the group set up last year, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), was illegal and only exists on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/south-east-politicians-funding-nnamdi-kanu-to-cause-genocide-massob-leader-uwazuruike\/\">Uwazuruike<\/a>&nbsp;who is also the leader of the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), said this while appearing as a guest on a TVC programme, \u2018 Your View\u2019 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also gave his backing to the new security outfit, Ebube-Agu, set up by governors in the South-East region, declaring that the new outfit is the authentic one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Uwazuruike, Kanu\u2019s ESN was an illegal group which had no backing under the law and does not enjoy the support of many Igbos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is only the South-East governors that have the authority to establish a security outfit for the people of the South-East,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When reminded of the impact of the ESN set up by Kanu and IPOB, Uwazuruike who heads one of the groups agitating for a separate Biafran Republic, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo individual has the right to establish any security outfit for the South-East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had the capacity to establish a security outfit for the South-East but I didn\u2019t do that because we must believe in the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have elected able governors who are entitled to do such functions; no individual, no matter who you are, without consultation, should open a security outfit for the South-East region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, it is only the one Ebube-Agu opened and was established by the governors that is recognised as the security outfit for the South-East.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the ESN, the MASSOB leader said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing like Eastern Security Network. Nobody believes in Eastern Security Network, that is just an internet affair, on social media networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only security outfit I recognize is Ebube-Agu and I am willing to donate 5,000 of my men and women to work with the South-East governors without interfering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe with time, the Houses of Assembly in the South-East would back up the new security outfit with the instrument of law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has taken a swipe at the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that the security outfit the group set up last year, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), was illegal and only exists on social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uwazuruike mocks Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s ESN, backs Ebube-Agu &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Uwazuruike mocks Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s ESN, backs Ebube-Agu\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Uwazuruike mocks Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s ESN, backs Ebube-Agu &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42286#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Uwazuruike mocks Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s ESN, backs Ebube-Agu"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has taken a swipe at the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that the security outfit the group set up last year, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), was illegal and only exists on social&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42286"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}