We, the global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of the great liberator, Mazi...
We, the global family and movement of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of the great liberator, Mazi
Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU are astonished about the unfair treatment of IPOB
members in Nigeria. We are suprise that the Nigeria government and its security
agencies especially their army and police allowed the Shiite Islamic group who
protested peacefully twice in Abuja to do so without humiliation or attack, but
murdered IPOB members who were
protesting peacefully in Aba, Abia State
for asking for the unconditional release of their leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU on
the 3rd of April 2023.
It is now on record that Ndigbo are not wanted in Nigeria
due to the hatred shown to us. We must organize ourselves immediately and leave
Nigeria for the other nationalities who are allowed to act freely in Nigeria.
We are not wanted in Nigeria as it has been demonstrated by the Fulani
government of Nigeria. On the 30th of March, the members of the Islamic Shiite
Movement of Nigeria, embarked on a peaceful protest around the Federal
Secretariat, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria, to compel
the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to release the seized international
passport of their leader -Sheik Ibrahim Elzakzaky, to enable him to travel out
of the country for a medical treatment.
During this peaceful protest within the FCT, the combined
team of the Nigeria Security Agents led by the Nigeria Police Force visited the
protesters and peacefully dispersed the crowd with mere teargas, and nothing
more. There were no casualties recorded, and no arrests were made.
Today, the 6th day of April 2023, the members of the Islamic
Shiites Movement of Nigeria again embarked on another peaceful protest within
the FCT. And again, no arrests were made, and no casualties were recorded.
On the 3rd day of
April 2023, members of the non-violent Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
staged a peaceful protest in Aba, Abia state to demand for the release of their
leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is still being illegally and unconstitutionally
detained in solitary confinement at the facility and dungeon of the Department
of State Services (DSS), headquarters in Abuja, in violation of the Order of
the Court of Appeal that directed that he should be unconditionally released
from the DSS custody and should not be sued in any court in Nigeria again. We
are calling on the American State Department, the UK government, its home
office, the GTI group, and other reputable Western world institutions to
observe the things that the Nigeria government is doing to Ndigbo in Nigeria. We ask that the
world not blame us when we start to employ self-defense.
The members of IPOB who were peacefully protesting were
brutally attacked by the same combined team of the Nigeria Security Agents led
by the Nigeria Police Force. During the bloody attack on the non-violent and
unarmed protesters, fifty (50) persons were gruesomely murdered in broad day
light, and five dead bodies were confiscated by the Nigerian Security Agents.
Over one hundred and fifty (150) persons were arrested and taken to an
undisclosed location, and until today,
they have not been seen.
You will understand that the members of the Islamic Shiites
Movement of Nigeria conducted their peaceful protest in Nigeria’s Federal
Capital Territory and not even in Kaduna state. Yet, they were neither attacked
nor gruesomely killed. Please recall that this group is still politically
proscribed in Nigeria by the Nigeria government.
Unfortunately, for a similar peaceful protest, the non-violent members of IPOB were not dispersed with teargas but brutally attacked, killed, corpses confiscated, and harmless protesters arrested and taken to undisclosed locations. Where is fairness in this matter!
Sadly and unfortunately, this goes to clearly reveal that
there are different laws for different groups and nationalities in Nigeria.
We are, therefore, calling on the Federal Government of
Nigeria and other international bodies
and communities especially Amnesty
International and other reputable human rights organisations across the globe
to wade into the recent genocidal massacre in Aba, Abia State and call Nigeria
security agents to order. You must them
direct for the immediate release of the corpses of those killed to their
families for proper burial, as well as the immediate release of the 150 peaceful
protesters arrested and taken away.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL, MEDIA, AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR
IPOB
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