The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said “the use of unserious and fake groups by agents of the Nigerian Government” to call for the repatriation of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was a confirmation that the Government was afraid of IPOB.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the Spokesman of the Group, Comrade Emma Powerful, the IPOB said the development showed that the separatist Group has defeated the Government in the battle of ideas.
Said the statement, “the use of fake and non-existent groups and associations by agents of the Nigerian Government in a laughable attempt to blackmail our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is confirmation that the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) is the greatest nightmare of the failed government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
It went on to say that it was also an acknowledgement that IPOB has roundly defeated the failed “Nigerian government in the battle of ideas. We find amusing that a purported statement was circulated and credited to another DSS (Department of State Services) manufactured non-existent group they named Coalition of South East Professionals Network in Nigeria and Diaspora (CSEPNND) all in an effort to give the erroneous impression that a handful of Efulefus (loafers) are against the IPOB led-effort to restore Biafra.
“A ghost group that only exists” in the mind of DSS propaganda unit operatives, in which it was reported the said group “petitioned the UK and Israeli governments requesting the repatriation of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi. How utterly ridiculous!
“Why DSS has chosen to continue to disgrace itself by creating these fake groups is beyond human comprehension. Such a weak and tactless strategy will not distract us.
“If indeed such a group exists, why can’t they conduct a live press briefing to convince the people of Biafra they are real by showing us their faces.
“Our challenge to DSS and those media houses that were deceived into publishing such hogwash of lies, is to arrange an open interview with the said leaders of these faceless groups because we know they don’t exist”, the statement demanded.
IPOB recalled that the “same ineffective strategy has been tried in the past when they created their fake new- IPOB, IPOD, RENPOB, RENIPOB, SEXIPOB and other non-existent groups using fake Igbo names as signatories.
“They failed then, they will also fail again this time. If the self-acclaimed leaders of CSEPNND – the imaginary Professor Madumere Chika, and Mazi Anayo Uchemba, are not robots but truly Igbo sons as they claimed, let them mention their communities and kinsmen.
“Our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is from Isiama Afaraukwu in Ibeku Umuahia North, Abia State. He is not a faceless figure. We can say without equivocation that there is no Igbo professor that goes by the name Madumere Chika, and there is also no Igbo professional association known as CSEPNND.
“If Kanu were a fugitive and a lone ranger as purportedly claimed by this ghost group, why the frenzy over his activities? If Kanu has no followership why lose sleep over him? If Kanu were a lunatic that only operates in the internet why catch cold over him?
“Instead of generating ideas on how to deal with terrorists about to over run the zoo, the DSS and other security agencies are busy dissipating energy on IPOB that is never their enemy, the statement added.
IPOB reminded the DSS that the separatists were “only after the restoration of Biafra and do not in any way pose any threat to anybody except those benefiting from the oppression and subjugation of our people.
“It’s high time the DSS left Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB alone and think of better ways to justify their salaries. It’s too late to stop the Biafra project. The night is far spent and the day is almost here”, Emma Powerful concluded.
