Days after
they were declared a terrorist militant organization, members of the Indigenous
People of Biafra IPOB, have vowed to continue their agitation for the
creation
of Biafra. In a statement released by their spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the
group maintained that the Nigerian Army had no power to label them a terrorist
organization. It said that it was only a competent court that had the power to
categorize them as such. The group labeled the Nigerian Army as a terrorist
group working towards the Islamization of the South East. The statement reads
"We in
IPOB condemn the illegal declaration made by Nigerian army labeling the
peaceful freedom fighting organization as IPOB as a terrorist organization. We
found the statement made by Nigerian army a laughable and caricature the
Nigerian Army is making of itself, we will continue doing what we are doing
which is peaceful agitation for Biafra freedom. Whatever be the case, the
Nigerian Army has no right or power labeling IPOB a terrorist group whiles the
case still in the court. It is the duty of Nigerian court to decide the case
between the Nigerian government and IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu. We urge the Nigerian government and her security operatives to stop their
barbaric and unprovoked attacks to unarmed and innocent civilians who have not
been involved in any act of crime or violence since the inception of this
struggle for Biafra independence championed by IPOB. It’s very appalling that south East governors
will always stoop so low to allow our general enemies to continue to tele-guide them in their meeting at Enugu in
collaborating with security operatives to eliminate their people whom they
suppose to protect because they want re election of political office in 2019.
In any case, we do not even regard the South East governors, as far as Biafra
struggle is concerned we do not regard, and do not even know that South East
Governor exist, they are not in control of the states they are Governors”
"It is
imperative to remind Nigerians that we are not in doubt that Nigerian
government and her security operatives especially the Nigerian army cannot win
this battle and don’t have the temerity to label IPOB under the leadership of
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu a terrorist group, while the case between the Nigerian
government and IPOB is still in the Federal High Court Abuja. It is very clear
to all and sundry that this action of the Nigerian Army which started killing
innocent Biafran populations in the name of pursuing criminals in every part of
Biafra land, and at the same time labelling IPOB as a terrorist group is an
indicative of the completion of the extermination of Igbo agendas set during
the time Usman Dan Fodio. We are not surprise that the present killings and
intimidations in South East particularly in Umuahia, Aba and Port Harcourt has
the backing of the present caliphate in Sokoto, which has deemed it necessary to follow the steps
laid down by their forefathers to wipe out Biafrans and to pave way for the
islamization of South east. The Fulani herdsmen has been involved in killing
and ravaging of South East, destroying farm crops without any record of arrest
or detention of any of them since the inauguration of this present government
Muhammadu Buhari, and he has always kept silent on their activities, and the
solders always assist them whenever they are on mission to kill Christians,
they have not be declared a terrorist group of people, what a government.
Buhari and his soldiers cannot win this war against IPOB because it is on
record in every part of Biafra land and the world over that since the inception
the IPOB activities, nobody will say he has been harassed intimidated or shot
by IPOB, nobody will ever come out to prove he has seen any of our member with
arms like the herdsmen are clearly seen with AK 47 riffle. Nobody in Biafra
land or in the Diaspora including foreign citizens and those strangers living
in any part of Biafra land, will ever say IPOB carry arms, our weapon peaceful
protest which we have suspended for some time now, yet we are passing our
message to the people while Nigerian Government continue to be jittery. IPOB
under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wins more converts every day in spite
of the attacks, killings, intimidation on the innocent civilians and peaceful
members of IPOB, we cannot accept the statement credited to Nigeria Army of
labelling us a terrorist group, Nigerian Army is the real terrorist group. “We
urge Nigerian government and its Army to wait till October 17 October 2017 when
the case will come up, if they have a superior arguments to challenge our
leader Mazi Kanu and IPOB members worldwide they should come to the competent
court of jurisdiction to table their case not parading themselves, not us as a
terrorist group. The only constituted authority that can declare IPOB a
terrorist group is a competent court of jurisdiction in Nigeria, not the
Nigerian Army and South East Governors, they are only making mockery of their
selves.”
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