Rather, their concern is appeasement of their northern friends in Abuja. “ The interests of these Governors are not the safety of our people. The leadership of IPOB view the intentions of the South East Governors as deceptive and not sincere. And, that Ebubeagu has replaced ESN.īut the ESN/IPOB leadership are not buying into the game plan owing largely to distrust and a perceived conflict of interest. The game plan according to our source is – the name change will enable the Governors the leverage to claim the ESN has been routed out of the south east and that the problem of ESN/IPOB has been solved. The move would get the federal government “ off their backs”. The name change would legalize the outfit – and also allow the State government to ease off the restraints placed on the group. The IPOB would be allowed to operate and manage the security of the entire south east – in return for the IPOB changing the name of the outfit to a less contemptuous one. Under the proposal, the State Governors would allow the IPOB to operate the security outfit without interference from the State government.