The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra has said he been offered many enticing offers to make him forget the struggle for Biafra.
The tempting offers include the Vice President of Nigeria, oil wells and so many other things.
He was reacting to claims that the Anambra governor Willie Obiano offered him two Prado jeeps and $50 million.
Commenting on the sit-at-home which he said recorded 100% compliance, he said was not targeted at discrediting Igbo political leaders, including governors of the region.
He made the clarifications through the founder of Igbo Youth Movement (IYM).
He said: “Nothing like that happened, and if you know Kanu well, you would know that he cannot accept such gifts if they ever have the courage to come to him. I asked him and he told me it is not true, and I believe him; I have no reason not to believe him.”
On the sit-at-home order, the IYM founder said: “Kanu told me about the sit-at-home while he was still at Kuje Prison, and that was in the first week of April.
“There were reasons why he wanted it; one, to send a message to the doubting Thomases that his struggle over time has positively resonated with our people, and that our people are solidly behind him…”
“Two, to counter liars who were saying that the people were not with him, to counter them so that the world will know that IPOB is the mainstream group, mass movement, the largest mass movement ever and then the third reason was to prepare our people for an eventual coming together, to prove to the world that our people can come together and stand as one. Trying to discredit political leaders or show that they are irrelevant wasn’t one of the reasons. Another of the reason he planned it then was that it will help put pressure on government to grant him bail.
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“When he came out from Kuje he told me that, that same sit-at-home will still go ahead on the 30th. Now some people are erroneously thinking that the sit-at-home was targeted at Igbo political leaders to discredit them, no, no there is no such thing.
“The five South-East Governors are
