14/12/2025
IPOB WORLDWIDE CONGRATULATES ESN ON ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY
Date: 14th December 2024.
The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, proudly congratulates the men and women of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) on the occasion of their 5th anniversary. Your courage and sacrifice stand as proof that organized violence, extremism, and predatory criminality can be resisted when leadership is sincere and accountable.
The Eastern Security Network was established by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on 12 December 2020 as a community-based vigilante force to confront the grave security vacuum that had left Biafraland exposed to marauding armed groups—terror herdsmen from the Sahelian corridor and allied religious extremists—who for years operated with impunity. ESN is composed of disciplined IPOB volunteers who willingly abandoned personal comfort and careers to defend their ancestral land.
Before ESN’s formation, many Biafran communities lived under siege. Farms were destroyed, women violated, villages displaced, and lives taken without consequence—patterns now tragically familiar across parts of the Middle Belt. The intervention of ESN reversed this descent into lawlessness. While threats persist, it is undeniable that attacks have reduced significantly, and farmers today return to their lands with renewed confidence. This restored sense of security is a direct result of ESN’s vigilance and sacrifice.
Despite sustained propaganda, intimidation, and coordinated assaults, ESN operatives have remained resolute. They have endured unprovoked attacks, media demonization, and sabotage—often aided by desperate local collaborators covetous of Biafraland’s forests and farmlands. These individuals, having aligned with violent intruders and their enablers, sought to smear ESN’s image but failed. Our people can clearly distinguish their defenders from those intent on weakening communal cohesion.
Some ESN operatives have been abducted, their families targeted, and others have paid the ultimate price in defense of our homeland. Yet, the mission has not wavered: not an inch of Biafra land shall be occupied or overrun.
The IPOB family worldwide salutes the courage, discipline, and resilience of ESN operatives who continue to secure our forests and rural communities under extreme conditions. With limited resources and voluntary contributions from IPOB members globally, ESN has disrupted, dismantled, and contained armed threats that once terrorized our land—demonstrating what is possible when communities defend themselves with purpose.
IPOB calls on all Biafrans to continue supporting ESN through vigilance, intelligence sharing, and cooperation. We also urge the United States Government and the international community to recognize and confront the broader threat posed by jihadist and extremist networks operating in Nigeria, including Boko Haram, ISWAP, Ansaru, Lakurawa, and allied armed groups. Supporting genuine community-based security efforts like ESN is essential to restoring stability and protecting vulnerable populations.
Once again, we congratulate the Eastern Security Network on five years of steadfast service to our people and our land.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL SPOKESPERSON/MEDIAAND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB).
