…Your allegation diversionary – Dokubo
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The verbal war between the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) and the Biafra De facto Customary government led by Asari Dokubo may be far from over as both rekindled their rivalry.
IPOB in their latest attack at the ex militant leader had claimed that he was not competent to chat the Igbo course following his origin from the southern part of the country.
A statement by the group on Friday through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful reads “Asari Dokubo should know that he is not an Igbo man, and should stop portraying himself so. Igbo believe in equity and justice and Igbo don’t need a traitor like Asari Dokubo.
“Asari Dokubo should equally remember that IPOB never declared war against him since he started his nonsense statements against IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu. We don’t want to be distracted or join issues with you. But we want to make it categorically clear to you that if any IPOB member both in the hinterland and coastal region of Biafra dies as a result of your threat you will understand what IPOB is capable of doing.
“Again, we want you to withdraw this your empty threat and stop exposing your historical shortcomings and ignorance by dabling into a century that you have completely no idea about. You are not an Igbo and have no link with Igbo people. Igbo don’t need Asari to live their lives. Asari should know that he doesn’t and can never love Igbo people more than Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB movement.
“Asari Dokubo should know that his sabotaging the Biafran struggle, it will not stop us from getting Biafra freedom. Your grouse with Nnamdi Kanu was because you were more interested in becoming the President of Biafra, and he told you to wait first until Biafra comes.
“You turned against him and Biafra freedom because you hate truth. Asari is thinking that his criminal gangs sponsored by Aso Rock and some politicians in the region will kill IPOB members and blame it on Igbo people. We know whom he is and he will soon regret his actions against a just cause.” The statement concludes.
However, Dokubo reacting to IPOB’s claim through the information and media secretary of his group, Uche Mefor in a statement on Sunday dismissed the Igbo separatist group claims and rather described it as an attempt to divert the alleged atrocities of the group.
He said “The Biafra De Facto Customary government is fully aware of the antics and the ridiculous subterfuge of the IPOB faction under Nnamdi Kanu and their foot-soldiers. With this in mind, we begin by asking the fake, pseudo name they call “Emma Powerful” and his criminally minded gang members in the DOS under Chika Edoziem of the faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra led by Nnamdi Kanu to stop diverting attention; and take responsibility and ownership of the mess, specifically the crimes against humanity, the violence, they brought to Biafraland and especially in Igboland.
“Today , we are vindicated and proved right. Once again, Emma Powerful and his misguided colleagues led by Chika Edoziem and Chinasa Nworu must be bold enough to take responsibility and stop the hypocrisy, the sophistry and finger-pointing. In the light of these monumental human rights violations against Biafrans by them.
“The Biafra De Facto Customary Government must continue to defend the people of Biafra against any aggression or threats irrespective where it is coming from whether from within Biafra or from outside .In this regard, Alhaji Asari Dokubo is right in confronting the perpetrators of abominable and atrocious crimes against the innocent people of Biafra in the upland part of Biafraland (Igboland).
“It is preposterous, therefore, for some uninformed minds in the IPOB under Nnamdi Kanu to immorally Igbonise Biafra struggle or reduce the Biafra struggle to Igboland whenever it suits and serves their culture of self-deceit.The false narrative that Asari Dokubo “is not Igbo” and as such cannot speak on the actual threats and act of violence and crimes that they are committing is consistent with their desperate attempts to continue to divert attention and fool the gullible while actively sowing and fanning the ember of hate, division and discrimination among our people.
“The question is: If Nnamdi Kanu’s faction of IPOB is for the Igbos alone, does it then means that Kanu was paying a lip-service or playing to the gallery with his rhetorics that Efik, Ijaw, Ibibio, Anang, and so on are Biafrans when he (rightly) claimed that those territories are Biafran.” Mefor stated.