IPOB PRESS RELEASE 05/08/2024 Following the provocative and genocidal "IgboMustGo" proposed protest slated to commence fro...
05/08/2024
Following the provocative and genocidal
"IgboMustGo" proposed protest slated to commence from August 20-30th
2024, by some faceless Yoruba groups and persons, the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) wish to remind the Yoruba anti-Igbo groups that Ndigbo are ready
to exit Yoruba land and Nigeria via a referendum. Ndigbo will not succumb to
any threat from any group or persons to leave any state or region in Nigeria.
It is laughable that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu was reported to have hyprotically condemned the proponents
of the "Igbo Must Go" protest. The Governor will not hoodwink Ndigbo
with his hypocritical condemnation of those calling for Igbos' expulsion from
the South West Region of Nigeria. The governor was the first to ethnically
profile Ndigbo with his biased demolition of Ndigbo's businesses, properties,
and investments in Lagos State. There are high chances that the proponents of
the "IgboMustGo" are sponsored
by high profile persons in the Lagos State Government and in the Federal
Government og Nigeria. Nevertheless, Ndigbo are not perturbed. We have seen it
all in Nigeria and are prepared for any opportunity to exit Nigeria at any
time. But it will be more appropriate that we are allowed to exit Nigeria
peacefully and democratically in order to maintain good neighborly
relationships. However, if Ndigbo are forced to exit Nigeria violently, there's
a possibility that we shall remain hostile neighbors to the foreseeable future.
The Yoruba tribal bigots and their sponsors must understand
that Ndigbo are not moved by threat. We have made up our minds to exit Nigeria,
so there is no basis for the threat of violence or genocide agenda tagged
"IgboMustGo" protest. Instead of threatening to unconstitutionally
and violently force Ndigbo out of the Yoruba region, they should tell President
Tinubu their brother to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and to organize a referendum
for Ndigbo to decide between Biafra and Nigeria. We will gladly vote and leave
Nigeria and Yoruba region in peace. We are demanding this for them to have
peace after we are gone. Ndigbo are more enthusiastic to exit Nigeria than it
was in the 1960s.
The ongoing "EndBadGovernance" protest in Nigeria
was organized by Yoruba and Fulani to lure Ndigbo into destruction, but Ndigbo
have learned their lessons. Though, Ndigbo declined to participate in the
ongoing protests, yet they are being attacked and accused of being behind the
protest. One can imagine what would have become of Ndigbo in the Northern and
Western Regions if they had taken part in the ongoing protest. Ndigbo has
always been victims of every protest in Nigeria. Though Ndigbo are facing the
same economic hardship that Tinubu's government has imposed on Nigerians,
however, to avoid being targeted as always, they decided to shun the protest.
The scenario that led to the genocidal war against Biafrans in 1967-1970 is
rearing its ugly head. Ndigbo are not only facing existential threats from the
Western region but also from the Northern regions.
We are calling Ndigbo in the North and West to think home as
fast as possible. No amount of threat will make IPOB retreat from our divine
mandate of restoring Biafra.
We are calling the attention of the international community
to the existential threat against Ndigbo in Nigeria. The Human Right
Organisations, United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU),
all the lovers of freedom should understand that Biafrans are endangered
species in the contraption called Nigeria. The ethnic profiling and hatred
against Ndigbo are glaring in the areas
of security, politics, and economics in Nigeria. Silencing the quest for Biafra
referendum is indirectly supporting genocide against Ndigbo and Biafrans. Just
like our forebears and our heroes defended Biafra people and land, the present
generation of Biafrans have decided to remove our territory from Nigeria and to
defend the genocidal war superheaded by Britain in 1967. This generation of
Biafrans are determined to defend ourselves from those who want to annihilate
us. We are not interested in the calls for the arrest of the
"IgboMustGo" criminal elements because we know that nothing will
happen to them. They are just the attack dogs of the big masquerades in Yoruba
land, led by the State and Federal Government. We advise them to channel their
energy in convincing President Tinubu to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and schedule
a date for Biafra Referendum. Threatening Ndigbo to leave Yoruba land is a sign
of weakness and cowardice. Ndigbo are ready to exit Yoruba land and Nigeria
just like yesterday.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL, MEDIA, AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR
IPOB
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