Those that were once terrified to mention Biafra publicly are now emboldened to do so. IPOB has made the impossible become possible by the grace of the Almighty Chukwu Okike Abiama.
Consistency has made it possible for people to bend to our will. We are IPOB and therefore can never compromise our stance, neither do not retreat nor surrender.
Our enemies like Hausa Fulani, Mbaka and Yoruba Ofenmamnu are worshippers of Baal and other idols and therefore spiritually weak to sustain a fight of this magnitude.
IPOB on the other hand are the children of light and worshippers of the one true indivisible Sovereign Lord of Hosts the Lord God Chukwu Okike Abiama so we will always win. All our enemies in Nigeria will die one after the other to matter their rank of status. For the Lord said, “vengeance is mine”.
IPOB HAS MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE BECOME POSSIBLE THOSE THAT WERE ONCE TERRIFIED TO MENTION BIAFRA PUBLICLY ARE NOW EMBOLDENED
Some eminent Igbo leaders under the umbrella of AlaigÂbo Development FoundaÂtion (ADF) have reinvigorated the quest to secure the release of detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Apparently not impressed with the twists and turns in his trial, the Igbo leaders are weighÂing several options, including the political resolution of the matter with the federal authorities.
To secure a proper briefing and assess his health conditions, a delegation of ADF comprising the Foundationâs President of ADF, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, its ChairÂman, Federal Character CommitÂtee, Mr. Max Ozoaka, the Assistant Legal Adviser, Mr. Max Alaeto, the Acting Administrative Secretary, Mr. Uzo Anyaso and Mr. Dickson Isaac Chidera, visited Kanu at the Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Prior to this, the Consultative Forum of ADF Elders met in EnuÂgu on March 29, 2016, where the leaders declared their stand on the agitations for Biafra by IPOB.
Then, ADF condemned the discriminatory way the FederÂal Government had handled the case of the detention of Kanu, deÂspite calls for his release by local and foreign governments and orÂganisations and despite the fact that several courts in Nigeria had ordered for his release from deÂtention.
In a statement issued on SunÂday on the groupâs meeting with Kanu, ADF Publicity Secretary, Col. Justino Ezeoke (rtd), ADF described the treatment of Kanu and the reaction to the current agitation for Biafra as discriminatoÂry when compared to the attitude of the government to Boko HarÂam insurgency.
Ezeoke said that while the govÂernment has sought and indeed negotiated with the Boko Haram insurgents who have killed thouÂsands of civilians and security forcÂes and destroyed millions of propÂerty, it refused to do same to IPOB which employs peaceful and non-violent methods of agitation.
He accused the administraÂtion of President Muhammadu Buhari of unwilling to negotiate or even to dialogue with IPOB.
Ezeoke said that governments and leadership of various zones including political leaders, busiÂnessmen, intellectuals, traditionÂal rulers, human rights groups, lawyers, pan-national organisaÂtions from within and outside the Southern parts of Nigeria, have apÂpealed to Buhari to release Kanu, âwhom, everyone has seen, is an unarmed, non-violent prisoner of conscience.
âThe unrelenting spread of naÂtional and global sympathy for his release is premised on the fact that his campaign for the Biafra cause is both non-violent and does not violate any known national or inÂternational laws, but rather is proÂtected by the fundamental conÂstitutional rights of freedom of speech and political agitation, guaranteed even by the Nigerian Constitution.
âGiven the national and global reactions against Nnamdi Kanuâs unlawful detention, one would exÂpect the democratically-elected government of President BuhaÂri to have released him long time ago, and at the same time investiÂgate the root cause of his claims in the name of Biafra and the people of Biafra. It is the failure to release an unarmed non-violent politiÂcal agitator that has led to severÂal cases of shooting and killing of innocent civilians, particularly the youths and wounding of many more in several parts of the South East and South-South zones of NiÂgeria he said.
ADF said that separatist deÂmands, especially when it is a case of yearning for political freedom is hardly eliminated through the use of brute force; ârather a politÂical solution involving dialogue and negotiation are a historicalÂly hallowed path for dealing with such a situation. And if the preÂsent government is willing to folÂlow this path in dealing with the Boko Haram and the Niger Delta Militants, why not the IPOB and the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)?â
On the meeting with Kanu in prison, ADF said it was convinced that Kanu is driven by genuine love for justice, equity and freeÂdom, adding that âhe represents a generation of Nigerian youths from different zones, who feel the Nigerian federation lacks the baÂsic ingredients of democracy and rule of law, and the basic norms of a normal human society. The deÂmand for renegotiating the founÂdations for the existence of the Nigerian federation has been a perennial agitation by all the difÂferent ethnic nationalities as well as all those who wish for a peaceÂful co-existence among the variÂous ethnic nationalities in the NiÂgerian Federation.â