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IPOB denies involvement in US Embassy convoy attack
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any involvement in the attack on US Embassy convoy in Anambra state.
Two officials of the Embassy and two policemen were killed and their bodies burnt by the gunmen on Tuesday.
Reacting to the incident on Friday, IPOB also demanded that “the masterminders and the perpetrators be brought to book.”
The group therefore said it is expecting “the US government to carry out an independent investigation on the attack”.
Condoling the families of the victims, IPOB, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said- “those accusing IPOB of being behind the attack on the US Embassy convoy are the real masterminders. Their quest to blackmail IPOB globally has led them into assassinating innocent people in Biafra Land.”
The group believes that the “attack on the US Embassy convoy is likely another state sponsored and to discredit the peaceful IPOB movement and to make South East more unsafe for investors.
“We are not moved with the hatred and fallacious and biased investigation by the Nigeria government and its compromised security agencies against the IPOB movement because we knew that they hate Ndigbo and IPOB members, including ESN. No matter how stellar ESN security work is, it can never be deemed good or right to the Nigeria government and its security agents. What is the justification to link Peter Obi to the criminalities going on in the Southeast? Can it also be said that all the banditry and terrorism happening in the Northern Nigeria is masterminded by their criminal politicians who evidence show that they aid and abet terrorists?
“We are aware that several terrorism and banditry groups in the North are sponsored by the unscrupulous elements around them there. We should be asking, why are they mentioning mentioning Peter Obi? Is it because he summoned up courage to contest their selection process called election and won by a landslide? They are now robbing him of the mandate given him by the people of Nigeria because he is an Igbo man,” IPOB said.
Myesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has sacked the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, FCT-IRS, Mr Michael Ango, of his duties.
The announcement was contained in a statement late Friday by the minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.
The statement added that the decision takes immediate effect.
Olayinka said the minister directed the most senior official of the FCT-IRS to immediately assume leadership of the agency
“The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has sacked the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, Mr Michael Ango,” he stated.
He added that “the most senior official of the FCT-IRS has been directed to take over the running of the revenue agency with immediate effect.”
The statement did not provide reasons for the removal.
15 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Amaewhule disclosed the lawmakers’ decision during Friday’s plenary, attributing their defection to what he called a “clear division” within the PDP.
“Distinguished colleagues, very happily, let me announce that your Speaker has decided, and has indeed written to my ward chairman of my decision, to leave the PDP. APC is my new party,” Amaewhule said.
Amaewhule’s Deputy, Dumle Maol, is one of the 16 lawmakers that joined APC as well.
All the lawmakers, who have jumped ship, are core loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Chief Nyesom Wike.
The Central Bank of Nigeria,has rolled out a new framework ito expedite handling of fraud accusations and refund victims.
Customers must report suspected fraudulent transactions within 72 hours under this draft guideline, and financial institutions have 16 working days to look into the matter and repay money.
The action comes in the wake of a dramatic increase in banking sector fraud.
According to data from the Financial Institutions Training Center, losses in the first quarter of 2025 increased to ₦3.29 billion, a startling 603 percent increase over the previous year. In the same time frame, reported cases also increased to 12,347.
The November 26, 2025, proposed regulations seek to improve bank accountability, expedite reimbursements, and boost prevention.
Director of the Financial Policy and Regulation Department Rita Sike signed the circular, which describes stricter regulations intended to prevent fraud before it occurs.
The apex bank’s ongoing fight against financial fraud has advanced with the adoption of this guidance. To enhance cooperation between operators, it established the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum in 2011.
It directed banks to establish specialized fraud bureaus four years later. By requiring BVN or NIN for account opening, it reinforced Know Your Customer checks in 2023.
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