A group, under the umbrella of
Federalist Movement of Nigeria has stated that members of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) are decamping to other separatist groups since the court
declared it a terrorist group.
The group therefore called on the
Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately bring the weight of the law to
bear on criminal elements that were hiding under agitation against
marginalization to breach the constitution and the extant laws of the land.
FNM made this know via a
statement signed by its convener, Emmanuel Ogah.
The group said that the call
became imperative following reports that many members of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) have started migrating to other separatist groups that are
becoming virulent and could soon continue acts of aggression from where IPOB
stopped before the court ordered that it is a terror group.
Ogah said, the Biafra Zionists
Federation (BZF) led by one Benjamin Igwe Onwuka, having been swelled in
membership by defecting IPoB members, is now ramping up its purveyance of hate
speech and incitement to violence in the fashion of the terrorist group.
He said, “Onwuka, speaking as BZF
leader, is calling for attacks on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) – Lt. Gen
Tukur Buratai and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, including
threatening them with trial at the International Criminal Court on a shallow
basis.
“Onwuka, who clearly forgot that
only those who have wronged the people will go to prison, must be reminded that
history would acknowledge Alhaji Lai Mohammed and General Buratai as heroes
especially in the way they discharged their sacred responsibility of upholding
good governance in Nigeria and by extension in Africa.
“Much as Onwuka’s BZF and other
miscreants are angry that the Nigerian Army has tamed them and prevented them
from continuing to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens or to continue their
regime of criminality, they must realize that no country gives free passes to
terrorists, extremists, secessionists and separatists to oppress the
law-abiding populations.
“Onwuka, BZF, and other
separatists have the penchant for pegging their ill-conceived demand on the
notion that they can get other nations to interfere in the affairs of Nigeria.
This rabble must therefore be schooled to understand that responsible leaders
deal head on with criminality irrespective of the barrage of propaganda and
sponsored outcry by criminals and their backers.
“We recommend the words of
Detective Chief Superintendent Martin Snowden, the head of counter-terrorism
policing in North East England, to the Federal Government, Biafra separatists
and terrorists alike. Snwoden said of the arrests: “Those who promote extreme
views are looking to divide our communities and spread hatred. This will not be
tolerated and those who do so must be brought to justice.”
The group urged the government of
Nigerian and it’s military to pay no heed to the threats from those they tagged
as misguided elements that think agitation for restructuring or secession
confers immunity for breaking the law.
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