Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, have stated that they support their fellow freedom fighters, the
Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, describing them as their greatest allies.
While expressing their unflinching support for the Avengers, who they said were fighting for the freedom of the people of Biafra, they noted, “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, a group that is calling for the release of Kanu, the detained IPOB leader”.
While expressing their unflinching support for the Avengers, who they said were fighting for the freedom of the people of Biafra, they noted, “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, a group that is calling for the release of Kanu, the detained IPOB leader”.
In a statement jointly signed by their
Spokesmen, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya and made available
yesterday, the group warned that should the Nigerian government send its
troops to the oil-rich Niger Delta land to fight the Avengers again, as
intelligence report was suggesting, it would direct its members to join
hands with the Avengers and engage the troops head-on.
IPOB said it was making a reference to a
particular group and their leader, who they alleged had been bribed with
oil blocks allocations in the oil-rich areas of Biafraland.
The IPOB further accused the said compromised
group of having started the ugly incidence of kidnapping in Biafraland,
adding that their members were often used as thugs and hired killers
for politicians in Nigeria.
The group recalled that the Avengers had
consistently made the release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu as a
precondition for any discussion with Nigeria.
It added that it was quite unfortunate and
disgraceful that the “incompetent and intellectually challenged Nigerian
Government” had turned its deaf ear to this demand, while magnifying
the notion of amnesty payments and resource control as reasons for the
NDA‘s actions.
The statement reads, “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.
“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, 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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