The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has threatened to punish those tarnishing its image in the name of enforcing the suspended sit-at-home order.
Emma Powerful, media and publicity secretary of the group said it has issued warnings to those enforcing sit at home and also warned those attacking and snatching vehicles from people in the name of unknown gunmen.
“IPOB will never allow them have breathing space to humiliate and intimidate our people because IPOB is a peaceful movement and our sole purpose is to achieve Biafra freedom not intimidate our people.
“We know that the Department of State Services, DSS is the one creating different groups to demonize IPOB but they don’t know how IPOB Movement is structured. For 100 years to come IPOB will remain a puzzle to them. Those creating different Facebook accounts distracting IPOB leadership don’t know how IPOB operates and should not think that they can destroy the movement or the leadership.
“Monday Sit-at-homes have been suspended long ago. The suspension was based on compelling need not to compound the woes of our people. IPOB IS A FREEDOM FIGHTING MOVEMENT and listening freedom fighting movement, IPOB heeded various appeals from our people but the agents of darkness recruited by the wicked Nigeria security agencies are still moving about enforcing a sit at home that has been suspended. Their aim is to implicate IPOB as a violent organisation but they came too late.
“We also have some Facebook urchins fighting the DOS probably because they don’t understand the workings and organogram of IPOB leadership. Our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu set up the organogram with Command and Control. Anybody attacking DOS whether hired or doing so out of ignorance are not working for Biafra restoration”.
On IPOB’ s position on the visit to Aso Rock by some leaders on the release of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Powerful said “We don’t have any position on that. We are waiting for the unconditional release of our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU because he committed nothing to deserve his current ordeals and inhuman treatments.
“Nigeria government must bear one thing in mind; IPOB is not fighting restructuring. We are not against restructuring but our demand is not restructuring. Our demand is restoration of Biafra State. All we need is a date for REFERENDUM to decide whether or not we want to continue with this forced marriage.
“Those who think Nigeria is ready for restructuring may have to think again. Those benefiting from the current lopsidedness have made restructuring impossible. They are unlikely to heed the clamour for restructuring.
“But for us, the only thing that can make us slow down a little is government giving us date for referendum. Restoration of the sovereign State of Biafra is a divine mandate. Our eternal leader Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu told them to restructure Nigeria they said no and killed millions of Biafrans in the war. Mazi Nnamdi KANU and IPOB did not come on board to demand restructuring; we are for total freedom and independence”.
