In
an official statement released by Emma Powerful, the spokesperson for
the Indigenous People of Biafra has opened up on the 'peace meeting'
convened by Acting President, Osinbajo.
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned the meeting
between the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo and some Igbo leaders of
Thought, saying it was a “senseless, futile” gathering.
Recall that Osinbajo had yesterday hosted some Igbo leaders at the Presidential villa, Abuja.
Issues bordering on the ultimatum issued by Northern youths that
Igbos should vacate their region in three months and the struggle for
secession by various pro-Biafra groups were discussed.
Reacting to the meeting, IPOB described those who attended the
parley as political jobbers, who have no mandate to speak for people of
the South East.
The pro-Biafra group also berated the Acting President for
allegedly using “scarce” resources that could have been channelled for
useful purposes to host Igbo leaders.
In a statement sent to DailyPost by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB said the meeting was an “insult to the sensibilities of Biafrans all over the world.”
The statement reads, “We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
under the supreme leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to place on
record our unequivocal condemnation of the wholesomely senseless and
futile gathering of a few compromised political jobbers from core Igbo
states of Biafraland in Abuja yesterday.
“This meeting we understand was convened at the instigation of
the Nigerian Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo following the
political fallout from the hugely successful IPOB sit at home order of
30th of May 2017.
“With one or two exceptions and with the greatest respect to
the attendees to this Nigeria sponsored gathering in Abuja, the
so-called South East delegation is in no way representative of the views
of the leadership of IPOB worldwide, neither can they claim with any
degree of sincerity to be speaking for the masses.
“Therefore all Professor Osinbajo has succeeded in achieving
with this meeting is to waste scarce resources that could have been
channelled towards more useful purposes. None of those that attended
this meeting with Osinbajo gave the order for people to sit at home on
May 30th. So we are at a loss to understand the justification for their
invitation to the meeting to discuss something they know nothing about.
“IPOB viewed the meeting with certain Igbo politicians who are
sympathetic to APC as an insult to the sensibilities of Biafrans all
over the world, especially the memory of the dead and injured."
The group affirmed the stance of its leader that any discussion
with the Nigerian government must include a date for referendum or such
discussion is an “exercise in futility.”
The statement added, “Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has made it
abundantly clear that any discussion or dialogue with Nigerian
government that doesn’t include an agreement on a referendum date to
determine the issue of Biafra once and for all time, is an exercise in
futility.
“In this regard, we wish to inform the government of Nigeria
that the gathering and deliberations they thought they had yesterday is a
complete waste of time and will continue to be until the Federal
Government does the needful.
“We note and respect the presence of Chief Nnia Nwodo the
Ohaneze Leader and two others at that very meeting, however the rest are
nothing to write home about. We do not think that presiding over the
distribution of monthly allocation from Abuja qualifies any political
office holder to discuss issues pertaining to IPOB and Biafra
restoration when the leadership can be directly contacted.
“Since August 2015 that Nigerian Government and her security
operatives, especially the Army, Navy, DSS and Police, have been killing
and abducting innocent and peaceful IPOB members, none of the governors
that attended this meeting in Abuja rose to condemn the brutal and
barbaric repression of IPOB peaceful agitation for an independent
homeland for Biafrans.
“None of them offered any comment in condemnation of the well
documented atrocities despite the existence of overwhelming evidence to
substantiate the facts alluded to in the widely received Amnesty Report
on the senseless slaughter of IPOB members.
“How can such persons now go to Abuja to discuss issues
bothering on the activities of IPOB when they know nothing about the
modus operandi of the organisation. Only IPOB can and will discuss
issues pertaining to her activities, not compromised politicians.
“From time, we firmly resolved that nobody among the governors
or politicians can set an agenda for IPOB except our leader Mazi Nnamdi
Kanu. The sooner Nigerian Government understands this, the better.
Therefore, any meeting without the consent of our leader or those
nominated by him in a representative capacity, is a complete waste and
unacceptable to IPOB.”
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