The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday said
southeast leaders should throw their weight behind actualising Biafra rather
than beg northerners to support their presidential ambition.
IPOB said southeast leaders should realize that the northern
oligarchy would never support a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction, hence
the need to support Biafra.
A statement signed by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful,
said the remark that the southeast is prepared to beg for the 2023 presidency
would make Igbos a laughing stock by the northerners.
Powerful said Igbo leaders should push for the freedom of
IPOB’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, rather than beg for the presidency.
According to Powerful: “The attention of the global movement
and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and
leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been drawn to the
unpatriotic moves by some unreliable elders in Biafraland who are begging the
Almajiri elders for President of Nigeria from Igbo stock in 2023.
“We want to make it categorically clear to desperate Igbo
politicians both elders and self-acclaimed leaders that IPOB under Mazi Nnamdi
KANU is not looking for any Nigerian President of Igbo extraction under the
present contraption called Nigeria.
“Again, IPOB will never be a party to their begging and
fawning for a transient political office at the detriment of our freedom. They
must understand that our singular concern is the unconditional release of our
leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. If our elders think they can use IPOB and Nnamdi KANU
to bargain their ways into political office then they are in for the shock of
their life.
“We are keenly watching developments and taking record of
them.
“Some self-appointed Igbo Leaders desperate for power in
2023 should refrain from making unguarded utterances that make the entire Igbo
race a laughing stock by Northerners. It makes no sense to be desperate over
the power shift in 2023 while illustrious Igbo son Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is still in
detention.
“IPOB members that died did not die because of Igbo
President of the Zoological Republic of Nigeria. What we need at this very
point in time is the unconditional release of our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“It is better Igbo politicians, businessmen, elders,
traditional rulers, religious leaders and acclaimed leaders including Ohaneze
Ndigbo should retrace their steps and carry themselves with dignity at all
times.
“They must realise that the Northern oligarchy and the
Fulani cabal controlling Nigeria will never allow or support any Igbo man to
become President of Nigeria. It doesn’t matter how such a stooge wishes to
please them, they have bitterness against the Igbo. So, it’s better they focus
on fighting for Biafra restoration.
“Any bargains against this divine mandate will not succeed.
We call on Igbo politicians, elders and traditional rulers including Ohaneze
Ndigbo to come back; there is no road in that path they are towing.”
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