- Claims President Buhari was deceived into not releasing its leader, Kanu
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says President Muhammadu Buhari was deceived into not seeking political solution for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu with “false” claims that the group has been defeated already, bragging that “nobody can defeat ESN (Eastern Security Network) and IPOB.”
In a statement on Sunday by its Spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB said the meeting where President Buhari jettisoned the political option last December was attended by “blacklegs and sacked members of the (secessionist) Movement who are feeding it with fake information about IPOB and ESN outfit for pecuniary interests.”
Querying why the federal government would “be releasing bandits and terrorists wrecking havock across the country but fail to release freedom seekers,” IPOB claims the “saboteurs and traitors” who visited Presidential Villa, Abuja last December and “promised to help him crush IPOB and ESN” would be disappointed as the group “is too big for them to comprehend and they could not fathom IPOB and its operational strategy when they were in IPOB.”
But it said that its leader, Kanu “is capable of defending himself in the court,” adding that the federal “must be careful, neutral and allow the court to flow freely because they have no case against our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU. If they have case against him let them come straight to the court not from the backdoor.”
The statement by IPOB reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria that he will not release our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We know that this position by Buhari after he had earlier promised a delegation of Igbo leaders that he would consider their appeal to consider a political solution for Kanu, was not unconnected with the visit by some foreign-based traitors and enemies of our struggle.
“Our intelligence captured what transpired in a meeting between these saboteurs and their host in Aso Rock. In the evil meeting the saboteurs and traitors concluded with the presidency that Mazi Nnamdi KANU should not be released, claiming erroneously though, that IPOB and ESN has been defeated which is lies. But we want to tell Buhari and his co-horts that he is going to make a mistake capable of consuming Nigeria should he fail to release Nnamdi Kanu because these bunch of criminals he had meeting with were not giving him correct information about IPOB and ESN outfit.
“Why should the federal government be releasing bandits and terrorists wrecking havock across the country but fail to release freedom seekers. Federal government should not be deceived by blacklegs and sacked members of the Movement who are feeding it with fake information about IPOB and ESN outfit for pecuniary interests. IPOB is too big for them to comprehend and they could not fathom IPOB and its operational strategy when they were in IPOB, we don’t want to mention their names. The people who visited him promised to help him crush IPOB and ESN but unfortunately they cannot achieve that, actually they will be disappointed.
“Nevertheless, Federal Government and Buhari should understand that Nnamdi KANU is capable of defending himself in the court. But Buhari and his government must be careful, neutral and allow the court to flow freely because they have no case against our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU. If they have case against him let them come straight to the court not from the backdoor.
“Our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU and IPOB will defeat them both local and international court, the only thing that can save him and his Nigeria is referendum date for the people of Biafra because the world is keenly watching. Buhari and his cabals should reconsider their stance concerning the release of Mazi Nnamdi KANU. They should heed the voice of reason instead of holding an innocent man without any justifiable reason.
“IPOB is a well recognised freedom fighting movement in the world and we will shock everyone in the country if we exhaust our patience because we listened to the elders and religious leaders and decided to pipe low. Buhari, APC and those traitors who visited him towards the end of December 2021 to feed him with lies about IPOB should be held responsible.
“Nobody can defeat ESN and IPOB. We will fight for the struggle for freedom of Biafra till the last man. Biafra restoration is a divine mandate and nobody can scuttle it.”
