Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has declared war
on the people of the South-East.
Nnamdi Kanu said the recently launched Operation Restore
Peace by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba was another plot to
massacre civilians in the South-East.
Nnamdi Kanu disclosed this in a statement signed by the
Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful on Thursday.
“The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been drawn to the recent
security meeting held in Aso Rock by the service chiefs and the impostor
parading himself as President Muhammadu Buhari. Far-reaching but undisclosed
decisions were reached at the meeting on how to quell insecurity in the Eastern
region.
“It’s on record that nobody from South-East was present or
invited at the meeting where such critical decisions were taken. Despite the
mounting public outcry trailing the decision of the Fulani-controlled federal
government to commence another military operation in the Eastern region as
approved at the meeting with shoot-on-sight order against Igbo youths and
Biafra agitators, the security agencies are bent on carrying out the order.
“Just two days ago, the Inspector General of Police, while
launching a special Police Operation for South-East, called Operation Restore
Peace, in Enugu confirmed the people’s fears when he asked police personnel not
to wait for any other special order before they start killing protesters and
anyone confronting them in the zone.
“He assured them of federal protection against human rights
allegations or prosecutions, urging them to take the war to the people in their
homes. He specifically directed them to ensure they eliminate anybody suspected
to be a Biafran agitator or IPOB member, and not to bother bringing them to
police stations anymore.
“Our intelligence unit has equally uncovered another secret
meeting where the federal government of Nigeria authorised the Security Chiefs
to crush IPOB members, Biafra agitators and youths in the Eastern region,
assuring them of adequate protection against any prosecution by human rights
organisations.
“Our intelligence further revealed that part of their
decision at the meeting was to use those Boko Haram members they recruited into
the Nigeria military and police to eliminate anybody they see on the street as
being currently witnessed in Imo State. The military invaded students hostel in
Owerri shooting sporadically and directly at people,” the statement partly
read.
While the pro-Biafra group leader alerted the members of the
group and civilians in the region to be careful, he also asked that any genocidal
war be blamed on Nigeria’s service chiefs.
“We are equally aware that the Fulani-controlled federal
government of Nigeria had ordered another military operation codenamed
‘Operation Restore Peace’ in the South East and South-South. This is only but another
‘Operation Massacre Biafrans’ in disguise.
“There are so many security challenges in the North where
the rampaging Boko Haram terrorists and bandits have seized the control of many
communities and local government areas, yet there is no shoot-on-sight order
declared by the double-faced Buhari-led federal government. South-East and
South-South are not at war with anybody but Fulani terrorists supported by the
Nigerian government brought the war in our land, killing innocent people while
pointing accusing fingers at IPOB members and ESN operatives.
“The action of the federal government is nothing but a
declaration of war against Biafrans. The Buhari-led administration and his
Service Chiefs have no moral justification to take military action against South-East
without a South Eastern in attendance at the meeting where such decision was
purportedly taken. This, and of course the appointment of Service Chiefs were
in clear violation of the principles of Federal Character enshrined in the
zoo’s constitution.
“Every indigenous community in Biafraland must be careful
and prepared because they have brought the war to our doorstep. They have
already started burning people’s houses and killing them. But our God shall
fight for us and we will defeat them. The same way they could not crush us
during the three-year Biafra war, they won’t be able to prevail even now.
“We are also want to put the world on notice that Buhari and
his Service Chiefs should be held accountable for any genocide or war in
Eastern Nigeria. They brought the war to our doorsteps and we have no option
but to defend our ancestral land. And that we must do irrespective of the
cost!” Kanu added in the statement.
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