By Cajetan Muta
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that the call by Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari asking residents of the state to acquire arms for self-defence against the activities of Fulani bandits had vindicated its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu has consistently advised Nigerian and particularly Biafrans to defend themselves against the jihad Fulani terrorists.
It would be recalled that Masari, had a few days ago officially approved a resort to self-help by asking people of the state to acquire weapons in defence against terror and banditry, pointing out that it was morally wrong for people to submit to the bandits without any attempt to defend themselves.
However, IPOB in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful on Saturday said the Governor’s position was a wake-up call for the Southeast governors to rise from their slumber and decode the obvious signals of the call.
It said that it was time for indigenous Nations in Nigeria to stand together and resist the terrorists, insisting that any failure on their part might be regrettable.
According to the statement, “This call by the Katsina State Governor has vindicated our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who has been consistently advising Nigerian and particularly Biafrans to defend themselves against the jihad Fulani terrorists. Our leader is the man who saw tomorrow, everything he said has fully happened.”
The pro-Biafra group said, “This is a clarion call on South-East Governors who do not understand the tactics and gimmicks which Fulani are playing in their desperation to conquer and Islamise indigenous people living in Nigeria. The politically correct South-East governors and political elite should stop living in the past. They had better wake from their slumber and decode the obvious signals of the call by Masari.”
They said, “Let Nigerians prepare because the much talked about Fulani agenda is about to be fully executed. Our Leader Nnamdi Kanu warned Nigerians but they called him a terrorist instead of appreciating him. The Fulani are bent on making Nigeria another Afghanistan. You may doubt it but watch out for it. The signs are obvious.”
“However, we can assure them that they will not succeed in Biafra land. We are prepared to repel Fulani in their quest to take over our ancestral land. IPOB is peaceful but they should not dare us or take our peaceful disposition for weakness.
“Our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu saw this and knew that a time like this would come. He formed a very formidable security outfit by December 2020, and the gallant Eastern Security Network ESN operatives will always live up to their mandate.
“We blame our governors in the South East and South-South for failing to constitute security outfit to protect our land and people in it. The governors still believe whatever Fulani governors tell them without actually knowing that they are secretly making efforts to use bandits, killer herdsmen, Boko Haram terrorists and other terrorist groups operating in the North to overrun Nigeria.
“The recent state position of the Katsina State Governor has proven what our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was saying about Fulani and their agents. Now is the time to stand together and resist them. If the indigenous nations in Nigeria fail to stand now, they may never stand again!”
