The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB under the leadership
of Nnamdi Kanu has stated that it has disowned those it identified as
well-known turncoat who are claiming on the pages of Nigerian newspapers that
they do not support their fellow freedom fighters, the Niger Delta Avengers,
NDA who IPOB regarded as their kith-and-kin.
IPOB maintained that it is solidly behind the Avengers who
are fighting for the freedom of the people of Biafra from the enslaving Islamic
Republic of Nigerian Government, adding, “We want to place it on record that
IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has no connection with those
groups who are criticizing the avengers that are calling for the release of
Kanu, the detained IPOB leader” In a press statement issued yesterday and
jointly signed by their spokesmen, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya, IPOB
warned that should the Nigerian government send its troops to the oil-rich
Niger Delta land to fight the Avengers, as intelligence report is suggesting,
it would direct its members to join hands with the Avengers and confront the
troops head-on.
IPOB said it is
making a reference to a particular group which is a well-known turncoat and
their leader who has been bribed with oil blocks allocations in the oil-rich
areas of Biafraland, adding that this same compromised group is known to have
started the ugly incidence of kidnapping in Biafraland and their members often
used as thugs and hired killers for politicians in Nigeria. IPOB recalled that
the Avengers have consistently stated that the release of Kanu is a
precondition for any discussion with Nigeria, adding that it is quite
unfortunate and disgraceful that the incompetent and intellectually challenged
Nigerian Government has swept this demand under the carpet while magnifying the
notion of amnesty payments and resource control as reasons for the NDA‘s
actions.
“For the avoidance of
doubt, the Avengers are fighting for the freedom of the people of Biafra and
not for amnesty payment or for resource control as some commentators would like
to believe. When Biafra is finally liberated from the bondage called Nigeria,
resources shall be controlled by the owners of the land where those resources
are located. The perennially incompetent Nigerian Government should stop
deceiving the entire world into believing that what the freedom fighters of
Avengers are demanding is resource control”.
According to the
statement, “Amnesty is associated with criminality and a people who are
fighting for their freedom should not be unjustly termed criminals. The notion
and talk of amnesty for our own freedom fighters (the Avengers or NDA) is a
misnomer and should be taken out of any discourse. On the contrary, amnesty
should be granted to the Nigerian Government especially to those from the
criminal class masquerading as elites who unjustly appropriated oil and gas
wells and other resources in Biafra land to themselves and their cohorts to the
detriment of the masses. These robbers should be associated with amnesty for
their economic criminality not the Avengers. “Ironically, the statement further
added: “most of the leaders of the compromised groups are speaking against the
great work that the NDA are doing. These shameless scavenging Hausa-Fulani
sponsored slaves in Biafraland have placed the needs of their stomach and their
families above the overall national interest of the liberation of their people
who are under the enslavement of the Nigerian Government in concert with the
British Government who have never supported the liberation of any christian
country in the world. “We reiterate that IPOB is totally and absolutely in
support of the NDA as they march towards the unconditional liberation of our
people from the evil grip of Nigerian Government. We plead with the Avengers
not to be discouraged by the comments and antics of these so-called leaders of
these compromised groups and some other charlatans who parade themselves as
freedom fighters. “The Avengers should know that the only ally they have now is
IPOB under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB is warning the extremist
Nigerian Government of Buhari that should they invade any part of Biafraland,
as intelligence report indicate they are planning to, then IPOB will order
every youth in Biafraland to join the Avengers to defend Biafra land.”
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