The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday said the realisation of a Biafra republic was near.
This is bound to search as a threat message to President Muhammadu
Buhari who initiated the arrest and legal travails of Mr. Kanu to deter
the Biafra cause.
Speaking through IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma
Powerful, Kanu described the level of compliance with the sit-at-home
order on Tuesday as satisfactory.
He said he was encouraged by the outing, vowing that he would stop
at nothing to ensure that the people of the area were liberated from the
stranglehold of their oppressors.
He thanked “friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over
the world for their tenacious efforts that made our Heroes Day
Sit-At-Home Order a resounding success.”
The statement partly read, “In line with this remarkable
sit-at-home held yesterday(Tuesday), I will not hesitate to congratulate
the people of Abia State, Anambra State, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa
State, Cross River State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo
State, Rivers State including the good people of Igbanke in Edo State,
Igala clan in Kogi State and Idoma/Igede/Agatu in Benue State for
sending a clear and unmistakable message to the whole world that this
Biafra self-determination effort driven by IPOB is uncompromising.
“ The fact that our people obeyed the order to sit at home is
confirmation that IPOB which I lead has the mandate of all Biafrans to
spearhead the ongoing Biafra restoration effort.
“Special thanks goes to my deputy, Mazi Uche Mefor, our
Directorate of State led by Mazi Chika Edoziem and the indescribably
incredible IPOB family all over the world.”
He also acknowledged “those in the diaspora who poured
themselves into the streets in distant and foreign lands in more than 98
countries of the world to honour and remember our fallen heroes and
heroines who paid the ultimate price during the genocidal war against
our people in 1967 and 1970.”
“With near total compliance with this sit-at-home order I
issued when I was still in Kuje Prison Abuja, it has proven to me beyond
every conceivable doubt that Biafra restoration is a priority to all
and sundry and I promise never to let Biafra down even upon the pain of
death because you never let me down.”
Meanwhile, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, said
that his command did not arrest any member of the Movement for the
Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra or IPOB during Tuesday’s
protest.
Addressing newsmen on how his command was able to secure the state
during the celebration, Ezike said that there was high presence of
security personnel across the state, especially places he described as
strategic and black spots.
Also, the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has said the state is not
under any threat or influence from the activities of IPOB. It said the
show of force it conducted on Monday with other security agencies was
not intended to dislodge any perceived IPOB member, but to demonstrate
the unity and synergy among the sister security agencies in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Don Anwuna, said this
in Uyo on Wednesday. He added that the police were prepared to contain
any uprising.
He said, “We believe that internal security is better achieved
through inter-agency collaboration and so the show of force is meant to
instil confidence in the people that we are ready and have the capacity
to protect them. It is also done in all local government divisional
offices and area commands.”
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