IPOB vows to avenge members killed by security agencies

Share This Information on:

Kanu: IPOB wants him released before sitting down to talk with the federal government

Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to retaliate in like manner against any security agency that kills any of its members.

The Punch reports that IPOB made the threat in a statement released by its media and publicity secretary Emma Powerful Awka, Anambra state on Sunday, December 25 (Christmas Day)

The group warned President Buhari to caution the security agencies and noted that nobody should take its non-violence philosophy for granted.

The statement read in part:

…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.

The group also reiterated that it was not ready for any dialogue with the federal government until its leader Nnamdu Kanu, who spent a second Christmas in detention on Sunday, was released unconditionally.

The statement added:

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.

Meanwhile, IPOB has claimed that its earlier threat to President Buhari was what prevented him from attending the South-East summit in Enugu on Thursday, December 22.

Recall that President Buhari was not only absent at the event at which he was the guest of honour, he also did not send a representative. None of his appointees and ministers was also present.

The presidency has however denied this claim and given the president’s own reasonfor not attending the summit.

It Will Only Take You Seconds To Share This Information on: