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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has once again absolved itself of violent crimes in the South East.
Spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful in a statement reacting to a recent utterance by the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Assembly, Benjamin Kalu and Abdulrashid Yerima noted that such comments were cheap blackmail against Ndigbo.
He said “It will be callous and treacherous for Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the NASS Deputy Speaker to link IPOB to the infamous sit-at-homes and violence in the Southeast while ignoring the government’s double agent who lives in Finland.
“Hon. Kalu should know better and stop politicking with IPOB. For a supposed informed Igbo man to join Ndigbo’s enemies in Northern Nigeria to blackmail IPOB is pitiful,” Powerful said.
He also added “As for Mr Abdulrashid Yerima, who joined in blackmailing IPOB, he should be asked how many times he has condemned his bandits and terrorists brothers ravaging the northern parts of Nigeria?
“Has Mr Yerima travelled to his village without paying the ransom or settling bandits and terrorists controlling his region? What gave him the temerity to talk about insecurity in the southeast region?
“Mr Abdulrashid Yerima is a tribal bigot who is speaking out of hatred against Ndigbo and the IPOB agenda. He and his political and tribal colluders can not claim ignorance that IPOB has consistently disassociated ourselves from criminal activities and violence including the infamous sit-at-homes in the East.
“All efforts to blackmail IPOB with sponsored insecurity in Biafra Land have been defeated by IPOB.
“We warn Mr Abdulrashid Yerima about his unguarded aultrances against IPOB and instead to focus his energy on curbing the activities of bandits and Boko Haram terrorists that are controlling the Northern Regions of Nigeria.
“Since the beginning of Boko Haram and bandit terrorist activities in the North, Mr Yerima has not publicly condemned them but has the audacity to speak against IPOB as being responsible for insecurity in the East.
“He and his cohorts must understand that IPOB is not joking with our quest for Biafra Independence. IPOB can not halt our match for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or the restoration of Biafra because of political expediency, ethnic bigotry and ethnic cleansing, or their other tactics of evil profiling of Biafrans, particularly Ndigbo”. Powerful stated.
The IPOB spokesperson also described the utterances as an incitement but vowed to remain calm.
“The sponsors and purveyors of insecurity, violence, abductions, and killings of Biafrans want to provoke us into unprepared war to give the opportunity to Nigeria Security Forces to slaughter our mothers, fathers, and our little children in another genocidal war, but we are wiser, and we shall beat them in their own game. In the end, Biafra shall be restored,” he stated.
