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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