By Cajetan Mmuta
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday urged residents of Anambra State and four other States in the southeast geo-political zone of the country to brace up for the challenge of the one-week Sit-At-Home order.
They insisted that there was no going back on the directive in honor of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is being persecuted and dehumanized by the federal government because of his believe and struggle for the freedom of Ndigbo.
Members of IPOB reiterated that except Kanu is released unconditionally from the gallows of the Department of State Services (DSS) on November 4, the Biafrans would not now to any form of intimidation and oppression as presently is the case among people in the Southeast.
Director of Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra state capital said the Sit-At-Home order is not too much sacrifice for the people of the area considering the enormity of suffering Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is being subjected to because of his love for his people.
He said, “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the Federal High Court Abuja, we the great movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), wish to inform Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom that IPOB will lock down Biafra land from 5th of November to 10th of November except Sunday, November 7th, a day our people worship the Almighty God, Chukwu Okike Abiama, if the Nigeria Government fails to release our leader unconditionally before 4th of November 2021.”
“Our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi must be released unconditionally on or before November 4, 2021, because he has not committed any offense known to any law.
Failure to release our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi KANU on or before November 4, 2021, our one-week Sit-At-Home begins on November 5, 2021, till November 10.”
Emma Powerful said “Although we quite understand the pains and adverse effects of this option on our people, we are compelled to take it to achieve a better purpose in the collective interest of Biafrans. We have taken time to analyze what transpired on October 21 when our leader was arraigned in court and discovered that the federal government is not sincere and only wants to humiliate him and keep him perpetually in DSS custody to rot there.*
“We all saw how lawyers, journalists, Igbo delegates and respected traditional rulers and other people who came from all around the world to witness his court case were restricted and denied access into the court premises by security agents who kept them outside under the scorching heat of the sun. What a humiliation and wickedness!”
We cannot accept that anymore. We can never allow our leader onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to be tried secretly and we can never also allow him to be tried under sharia law under any guise. Nigeria must follow International laws in handling our leader.”
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in the DSS dungeon today because of his passion for Biafra independence, and we must sacrifice all we can to ensure that he regains his freedom. He has sacrificed so much for us all, so we must be prepared to sacrifice little for him.”
“Unless the federal government releases him unconditionally before November 4, we shall sacrifice one week for him as a warning protest to convey to our oppressors that Nnamdi Kanu represents over 70 million Biafrans. He is innocent of all the charges preferred against him. As long as he is in detention our individual businesses do not matter so much because he is suffering for us all and we can’t abandon him,” IPOB stated.
“We seriously regret the inconveniences this may cause our people but it’s a necessary sacrifice we need to make until we have our full independence. Nobody resident in Biafra land is expected to flout this directive as doing so amounts to challenging the will of the people on the Biafra project.”
IPOB to FG: Nothing should happen to our leader, Nnamdi Kanu
According to the group,*This one-week sit-at-home is also to let our oppressors understand that we are not going to tolerate any plan to torment or abandon our leader in DSS custody through frivolous court adjournments.”
“Any plans to subject him to trauma in detention through long adjournments while real terrorists and mass murderers are having fun across the country cannot fly. Nnamdi Kanu must be freed because he committed no crime. Asking for a referendum so that Biafrans will decide whether or not they want to continue as part of Nigeria is no crime. He should not suffer for seeking justice for his people.”
IPOB noted that “We have been enslaved and caged enough by the Fulani controlled federal government of Nigeria and its allies. If we shut down Biafra land just for one week to secure our permanent freedom, it is worth the sacrifice. Everybody should brace up for this sacrifice.”
“This is the time all Biafrans must remain united. Let’s not give the oppressors and their agents any room to create division in our midst,” they said.
