A suspected leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB)Mr Austin Chekwube Anyaonicha and his wife ,Mrs Pamella Anyaonicha have been on the trail of Nigerian security agents over their involvement in Biafra agitation.
Anyaonicha,who hails from Isingwu Imama village , Mgbowo community in Awgu local government area of Enugu State was arrested in 2021, where he escaped ,and has been declared wanted by the security agents in Nigeria.
While his wife,Pamella,has been on the run with security agents over her inability to disclose the whereabouts of her husband.
This situation has made the children suffer untold hardship as a result of their parents run off with security agents.
Anyaonicha had with security agents.
According to an 80 -years- old Elder Ibekwe Anyaonicha,( uncle to Austin Anyaonicha)
“We have been the one taking care of their little children since the problem started . My nephew ,Austin Chekwube Anyaonicha was arrested alongside other people in the village here on the information that he is the youth leader of the IPOB in Isingwu Imama village, Mgbowo.Though they later escaped to unknown destination. Today ,the wife faces all kinds of intimidation and harassment by the security operatives .”
Recall that the Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives,Tajuden Abbas has proposed a bill of 25 yrs jail term for separatist agitators.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by incarcerated Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been agitating for an Independent state of Biafra ,this has led to the killing of over five thousand youths in South East of Nigeria from 2016 to date.
