IPOB Dishes Out New Warnings To FG, Vows To Avenge Members’ Killings Henceforth
By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
26 December, 2016
For Biafra Writers
AWKA— The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to caution its security agencies, whom it said were fond of killing pro-Biafra agitators without provocation, vowing to avenge the death of any of its member killed by the country’s security agencies henceforth.
In a statement made in Awka, Anambra state by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB said the era of killing its members without provocation had gone.
It maintained that Biafrans had the right to self defence, adding that nobody should take IPOB’s non-violent philosophy for granted.
The statement read in part, “Many have paid the supreme sacrifice at Igweocha(Port Harcourt), Rivers State, Aba in Abia State, Nkpor and Onitsha in Anambra State, which Biafra and posterity will never forget. We shall honour all those that fell on this long and painful march to freedom.
“Having said this, we will not hesitate to invoke the right to self defence, should the government of Nigeria attempt to kill even one peaceful IPOB protester.
“Biafrans are, naturally, law-abiding and peaceful people without the history of conquest like any other major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.
“The European Union and and other internationally-recognised institutions in the world have taken time to study IPOB’s grievances and have come to the conclusion that the Nigerian government, headed by Muhamadu Buhari, is hell-bent on annihilating the people of Biafra.”
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IPOB however maintained it would not have any talk or dialogue with the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari until the unconditional release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
“IPOB worldwide and its leadership are pleased with every effort people are making towards the restoration of the Biafra nation. We are highly committed to making sure Biafra comes under the command of our ordained leader and prophet, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“We wish to clarify that there will be no negotiation talks until our leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and other members detained illegally are released unconditionally as two courts of competent jurisdiction have ruled in Abuja,” the statement said.
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