IPOB Press Release
November 05 2024 | IPOB
The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu is calling on Igbo politicians of all persuasions in the region to desist from political witch-hunt, mutual recriminations and backbiting, but instead attack the root causes of insecurity in the region which is known to all and sundry.
It doesn’t require complex analytical brain to understand that the continued illegal incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, chronic youth unemployment and the shoot-to-kill and ask questions later policy of Nigeria’s security agents are the main issues propelling insecurity in the South-East. We propose that all hands must be on deck to minimise this trend and secure the region before the enemies of our people will leverage this trend to complete the holocaust, they started in 1966.
The restiveness being witnessed in the South-East is primarily due to the activities of government sponsored criminals. If this were not the case, what is stopping South-East governors from honouring their pledge to visit President Tinubu to seek the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu? They have failed in this singular undertaking because they seem to be benefitting directly from the violence and mayhem through increased Federal Government security budget allocation. They know the release of our leader will bring the activities of these fifth columnists to an abrupt end, so why the delay, if they don’t harbour an ulterior motive.
South-East Governors Forum must be brave enough to tell the public why they have no desire to work collectively towards bringing to an end the criminal activities of these well-known individuals. It appears that some of these governors are in cahoots with sworn enemies of the Igbo race; as there appears to be a well-orchestrated plan by local and foreign elements, in tandem with these Igbo politicians, to reduce the agitation for Biafra Independence to a mere criminal enterprise, in the hope of displacing IPOB as the preeminent movement fighting for the liberation of our people through the instrumentality of a UN supervised referendum.
South-East was once known, both internationally and locally, as the most peaceful and safest region in Nigeria until ethnic hatred propelled the last administration to launch successive murderous incursions into our land starting from the Nkpor massacre of 2016 to Operation Python Dance that claimed thousands of lives. Federal Government of Nigeria aided by some cowardly politicians instituted and entrenched insecurity in Igboland.
We see the reluctance of these same Igbo governors to seek the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a ploy to blackmail IPOB into abandoning its peaceful and non-violent agitation. Driven by envy and petty jealousy their mission is to discredit our quest for self-determination. Another reason could be the need for enemies of Biafra to create sufficient chaos in order to legitimise the militarisation of our homeland as a cover for unchecked cold-blooded execution of young men and women on the pretext of fighting terrorism, when they know they are the terrorists.
South-east politicians should wake up to this reality and stop sponsoring hardened armed robbers and political thugs in our region in the hope of discrediting the legitimate activities of the great and noble IPOB. We are aware that two serving and one former governor have sworn that unless IPOB is irredeemably weakened or its global reputation as a peaceful movement tarnished before the eyes of the international community, they would continue to work against the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. They know that the release of Onyendu will bring an end to the insecurity bedevilling our homeland with immediate effect which they don’t want, because they are direct beneficiaries from insecurity.
We are demanding that the political bickering among Ndigbo should stop so that we can all work together to separate the common criminals from legitimate agitators. The foreign backed criminals who are here to annihilate our people will be rendered impotent. Anyone claiming ignorance of these facts is deceiving him or herself.
IPOB is a global peaceful movement and will take it upon itself to ensure that peace reigns in the region, especially during upcoming period of festivities.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB
Published by:
Chibuike Nebeokike
For: IPOB
