The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari and the five governors of the
south eastern states were working hard to criminalize it despite its
non-violent stand.
In a press release signed by Emma
Powerful, media and publicity secretary of the group, he said the Buhari
administration and the five governors were worried that despite the brazen
provocation and attack against its leader and members, the group had remained
non-violent.
It said that President Buhari
should be blamed if the group decided to shed its non-violent stand and take to
arms as it has been pushed beyond limit.
“It was the Nigerian government
and her security operatives that brought violence into the Biafra agitation not
IPOB. Should IPOB decide to engage in armed struggle at a future date, the
world must hold the government of Buhari, Igbo governors and Ohaneze Ndigbo
responsible.
“We always held peaceful rallies
and protests all around major cities across Biafraland without any violent
incident or objection from the masses, but they decided to tag us terrorists in
order to justify the violent crackdown on innocent Biafran populations. Our
happiness is that today the world can see that IPOB is innocent and have
totally vindicated us,” he said.
The group which referred to the
governors and the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo as political contractors said
they were envious of IPOB’s popularity and the demonstrable feat it had
achieved in the struggle.
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