Press
Statement
WE SALUTE
BRAVE BIAFRANS FOR CHASING AWAY MUHAMMADU BUHARI FROM BIAFRALAND
The
leadership of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) salute brave Biafrans who
despite all odds chased away Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari from
Enugu-Biafraland. We would like to remind all humanity that Muhammadu Buhari
committed treason on December 31, 1983, when he overthrew the democratically
elected government of President Alhaji Aliyu Usman Shehu Shagari. In addition to his involvement in the
assassination of Major General J. T. U. Aguiyi-Ironsi and the mass-murder of
over two million Biafrans at Owerri in 1968, Buhari has continually ordered the
killing of Biafrans since he was awarded the presidency of Nigeria in 2015.
It was
against this backdrop that Biafrans determined that Buhari is not welcome in
Biafraland. Biafrans from all walks of life converged at Enugu to lay down
their lives had Buhari come to Enugu with his gun-totting murderous security
operatives. Understandably, Buhari heeded our warning and stayed back in Abuja.
We salute the courage and determination of Biafrans despite threats, a few days
earlier, from Buhari’s killer-squads and some internal enemies from Biafraland.
The event of December 22nd, 2016 has once more demonstrated the fact that
Biafrans are under one central command of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB. It
has also shown that Biafrans are disciplined and non-violent in their approach
to self-determination because no single incident was recorded.
As
Biafrans were not attacked at the event by the murderous Nigerian security
operatives, the entire world can see that there were peace and tranquility at
Enugu and elsewhere in Biafraland. The question now becomes, why did Buhari
order the Nigerian Army to attack and murder defenceless and law-abiding
Biafrans at Aba, Nkpor, Igweocha (PortHarcourt) and Onitsha? Why would Buhari
always resort to brute force in responding to people exercising their
fundamental human rights? Is it because of his lack of formal secondary and
tertiary education and non-existent leadership training?
The
entire world must know that Muhammadu Buhari stayed away from Biafraland for
fear of incurring the wrath of angry Biafrans who were ready to die with him if
he had dared to step his feet in Biafraland. Any other concocted story on why
Buhari cowardly stayed away is a figment of the imagination of those telling
such stories. Already we are aware of certain politicians from Biafraland who
stole their state blind and are supposed to be cooling their heels in EFCC
gulag but are temporarily left off the hook because of the spoiler role and
anti-Biafra propagandist activities they volunteered to undertake. These
politicians are now advancing reasons why Buhari cowardly stayed away from
Biafraland, but we know they are lying.
Given the
bare-faced lies from these politicians, we wish to warn that misrepresentation
of facts and outright lies is something IPOB is not comfortable with. Any
politician or persons wishing to be regarded as serious intermediary in the
quest to emancipate our people must be truthful at all times. Any attempt to
spin information or play to the gallery will be met with instant repudiation
and termination of that person's involvement in the affairs of IPOB. Our leader
is an uncompromising straight forward Biafran first and foremost. Any attempt
to misrepresent his views or that of IPOB will be resisted. IPOB has created
the enabling environment for politicians of different persuasions willing to
repent from their old criminal past all across Biafraland to work together to
salvage what is left of their tattered reputation.
Muhammadu
Buhari must understand that the quest for the restoration of the nation of
Biafra is unquenchable, unstoppable, and irreversible. We advise Buhari to toe
the path of peace to engender a conducive environment that will restore the
confidence of investors who are leaving Nigeria in droves on a daily basis
since he became the ruler of the country. To achieve this, we demand as
follows:
1) Buhari must release the leader of
IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, along with other Biafran detainees. Other political
detainees including Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky and Sambo Dasuki must also be
released.
2) Buhari must announce a date for
Biafrexit Referendum, and
3) Buhari must convene a public enquiry into the
massacre of IPOB family members as documented by Amnesty International.
Without
the above palliatives, restoring normalcy to Nigeria remains a pipe dream. We
are bold to state that Nigeria is heading irreversibly in the direction of
dismemberment which will be to the benefit of the three distinct nations of
Arewa, Oduduwa, and Biafra that make up the country called Nigeria. It is an
undeniable fact that when the history of restructuring or disintegration is
written about Nigeria, only three names will stand out namely; Radio Biafra,
IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu.
Once
more, we salute the uncommon courage exhibited by IPOB in chasing Muhammadu
Buhari away from Biafraland. IPOB is stating emphatically that should BUHARI
decide to come to Biafraland anytime in the future, we shall be waiting to die
with him.
Signed
Barrister
Emma Nmezu
Dr.
Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya
Spokespersons
for IPOB
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