IPOB: ‘We Are Waiting For Unconditional Release Of Our Leader’

On Monday, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) restated its demand for the unconditional release of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said: “We are waiting for the unconditional release of our leader because he committed nothing to deserve his current ordeal and inhuman treatments.”

According to him, IPOB members and “Biafrans and friends of Biafra” will be happy “and thank our God, Chukwu Okike Abiama,” if Kanu is released.

The IPOB spokesperson also said the group was not opposed to power devolution.

“Nigerian 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 the restoration of Biafra State. All we need is a date for a 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 the government giving us a 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,” Powerful said.