The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday rejected
the terrorism tag by the Nigerian Government.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, accused the Nigeria
Police Force and Nigerian Army of deliberately attempting to assassinate the
character of its members.
Powerful said immigrations and police officers across the
world could attest to the fact that members of the separatist group are not terrorists
and criminals.
He stated this in his statement to mark May 30, a day set
aside for Biafra Remembrance Day.
The statement by Powerful reads partly: “The global movement
and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership
of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU wish to congratulate Biafrans, friends of
Biafra, and lovers of freedom across the world who made out time to grace the
epoch event and remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the
ultimate price for the freedom of Biafra between 1967-1970 and till date.
“We commend Biafrans both home and in the diaspora over
their resilience, tenacity, and effort in ensuring that our celebration of
Biafran Heroes and Heroines was very successful and had a beautiful global
outlook in all countries in the world.
“IPOB leadership brings to you a message of encouragement
and hope from our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is joyful over the
committed participation by IPOB families worldwide who demonstrated to the global
community that we are ready to go and to manage our destiny in a free and
Independent Biafran Nation.
“In line with fully charged emotions and agonising memories,
we appeal to the conscience and conscious considerations of the International
community to extend to West Africa and precisely the Biafrans that
all-important and widely preached and consistently published “United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights” which includes but not limited to
freedom to choose our political, economic and social systems,
self-determination, human and people’s rights, the right of women and children,
freedom of information dissemination from Biafraland, right to health, right to
life, freedom of association, freedom of worship and choice of religion, the
indigenous people’s right of assembly, right of freedom of political
affiliation and self-representation and preservation as well as self defence.
“It is also unheard of that we are by the stipulated
policies of the Nigerian Government not allowed self-motivated, community
effort/financed regional infrastructural development in compliance with
Sustainable Development Goals.
“We equally thank IPOB families amongst us whose effort on
this year’s Heroes Remembrance Day program of events attracted Distinguished
Diplomats and Dignitaries of high repute, especially from their host countries.
“The indoor program yielded more opportunities for the
tenacious pursuit of Biafra freedom and for our people to be re-educated by
knowledgeable Biafrans and friends of Biafra on the need for us to remain
peaceful and focused no matter the height of mountains of distractions and
provocation from agent provocateurs working against our collective interest but
working in collaboration with the Nigerian Fulani government.
“Therefore, everyone must endeavour to focus on the ball
“the larger picture” is our struggle to liberate our land from the distasteful
forcible union called Nigeria.
“We are Biafrans of over 75 million in population. We are no
Terrorists; we are no criminals as our oppressor Nigeria wished to tag us.
Every country and Nation of the world Police, Immigration Foreign Affairs, and
Competent Courts can attest to our good conduct, which is contrary to
deliberate character assassination of a race by the Nigerian government police,
armed forces, and their media disinformation.
“To those in Biafraland who in all selflessness, tenacity
and in submission observed a total lockdown of the entire Biafra space, it is
evident that we need Biafra now and that we are not terrorists and criminals
and would never be; we are rather professionals in all human endeavour. This
further demonstrates that we have a common voice and must never be taken for
granted.”
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