Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has suspended the sit-at-home
order in the south-east region.
This is coming a few hours after the secessionist group
insisted that it would not go back on its decision to begin the lockdown on
Monday.
In a statement, Kanunta stated that the sit-at-home protest
was suspended to allow students in the region participate in the activities of
the National Examination Council (NECO).
“IPOB has listened to pleas from well-meaning individuals
and groups within and outside Biafra land that we consider the fate of our
children who will be involved in the NECO Exam and based on that, we decided to
shift grounds over the sit-at-home order,” Kanunta said.
“IPOB having realized
the academic deprivation the already marginalized Biafra students who entered
for this year’s NECO would suffer, decided to suspend the sit-at-home order to
a later date, to allow the students to take their examinations.
“Allowing the sit-at-home to go ahead as earlier announced,
in the face of the NECO Exam would amount to assisting enemies of Biafra to
inflict more injuries on her children.
“As a group fighting for the liberation of her people from
oppression from her enemies, we realized that it would amount to assisting the
said enemies to inflict more harm on our children if we do not suspend the
sit-at-home order to allow Biafra students to take their exams.”
Kanunta further noted that the sit-at-home order has not
been cancelled, but only suspended for the sake of the examination.
He asked IPOB members to await further instructions on the
planned protest.
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But the exams is conducted by a Nigerian examination council not a Biafra examination council. Why write it?
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