The Indigenous People of Biafra has dissociated itself from
the purported declaration of the Biafra Republic by some members of the
Finland-based group, describing it as a scam.
The pro-Biafran group urged the people to ignore the
declaration, saying those involved in the event in Finland were among the
sponsors of insecurity in Nigeria’s South-East region.
This was contained in a statement issued by the IPOB’s
spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Sunday.
Powerful added that the agenda of those who made the
declaration in Finland was to destabilise the South-East, divide the people,
cause panic, and divert the attention of Biafrans and those sympathetic to the
Biafran struggle.
According to him, there is no room for another Biafra
declaration besides the one its late leader, Dim Ojukwu, declared in 1967,
insisting that all those involved in the declaration in Finland, are criminals
and fake agents.
The statement read in parts, “The noble family of IPOB led
by the leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wishes to disassociate itself from the
purported Biafra second declaration by an infamous no-name group. The so-called
declaration is a scam. There is no room for another Biafra declaration besides
the one our eternal leader, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu, declared in 1967.
“IPOB wishes to commend responsible media organisations and
social media bloggers in Nigeria and in the diaspora that didn’t give attention
to the mockery of the Biafra struggle by infiltrators in Finland and elsewhere.
However, it is imperative to inform the international community, Biafrans,
friends of Biafra, and lovers of Biafran freedom that Biafra had been declared
by our eternal leader late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in 1967.
“What IPOB is doing is to restore the sovereignty of the
declared Biafra Independence that was forced to surrender through genocide by
the Nigerian and British governments. IPOB is calling for a United
Nations-supervised referendum for Biafrans so that the declared sovereignty can
be restored.
“Biafra cannot be declared for the second time by anyone. It
is sad that some unscrupulous elements who failed in the mission to infiltrate
and destroy IPOB went into the jamboree they claimed was Biafra’s second
declaration outside the Biafra
territory. Biafrans and IPOB, in particular, are happy that the fun fare the
infiltrators had in Finland this weekend was ignored by all responsible media
organisations.”
The group noted that persons involved in the purported
second declaration in Finland “were among the sponsors of insecurity in the
South-East region. Their agenda is to destabilise the South-East, divide the
people, and divert the attention of Biafrans and those sympathetic to the
Biafra struggle by making the genuine Biafra struggle unattractive to our
people. They failed woefully.”
Powerful said IPOB is an informed movement championing the
restoration of Biafra sovereignty and freedom and cannot involve itself in
self-deception and scamming people with the Biafra project.
“The ‘Autopilot criminals’ making money from some of their
ignorant followers to make an international mockery of the Biafra struggle will
all pay a price. IPOB will not come after them, but the blood of the fallen
heroes of Biafra will chase and hunt them down.
“Those who have funded infiltrators that gathered for a
picnic in Finland have been scammed. Now that the infiltrators and agent of
provocateurs have declared their independence in Finland, we hope they will
enjoy their freedom stop interfering with IPOB’s peaceful struggle end
engagement for the restoration of the Biafra Nation.
“This press release is to keep the record straight and to disassociate IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the idiocy exhibited in Finland called Biafra second declaration. The Finland Biafra declaration is a pure scam by some agent provocateurs,” added the statement.
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