The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has condemned the
Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, over its attack on the leadership of Igbo
socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Following the clamour for the re-arrest of the IPOB leader,
Ohanaeze had warned the Federal Government against such action, saying
re-arresting Kanu will spell doom for Nigeria.
Responding, some
ACF elders berated Ohanaeze for trivializing a criminal matter.
Reacting to ACF’s attack on Ohanaeze,
IPOB maintained that Kanu has not committed any crime that could warrant
being rearrested.
IPOB also commended the leadership of Ohanaeze for standing
defending its activity.
But in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB
said Kanu has succeeded in breaking the Arewa-born to rule mentality with his
agitation for Biafra.
“If Nigeria ever had a case against our leader, why have the
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) not commenced the trial since October
2015 when our leader was first arrested?
“Instead the Arewa North thought they could intimidate this
present Ohaneze Ndigbo as they did to previous executives, into allowing Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu to be arrested.
“People are no longer intimidated by the disproportionate
number of Arewa sons in the military and other armed forces who are in essence
the foot soldiers of the Caliphate and not Nigeria.
“The idea of wanting to use baseless trumped up charges to
justify the extra judicial detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be resisted by
all men and women of good conscience.”
The separatist group noted that President Muhammadu Buhari should be arrested for disobeying court orders on Kanu.
The separatist group noted that President Muhammadu Buhari should be arrested for disobeying court orders on Kanu.
He said: “After all it was Buhari himself that disobeyed
court order after court order directing the unconditional release of the our
leader in 2015. If anyone deserves to be arrested, it is Buhari.”
“Paul Unongo and his caliphate handlers should also call for
the arrest of the Director General of DSS and AGF for flagrant and serial
disobedience to court orders. Whilst they are at it, they should not fail to
add their beloved Arewa Youths, who actually committed the treasonable act of
incitement to genocide, which is a far more serious crime than attempted coup
d’etat.
“What Arewa Consultative Forum through their Arewa Youths
did was nothing short of a call to mass murder and appropriation of properties
that does not belong to them. Arewa Elders that incited the youths, provided
them finance and logistics must also be arrested.
“It’s a pity that Chief Paul Unongo who appear not to know
his roots, have consistently failed to raise his voice against Fulani herdsmen
slaughtering and abusing their way through swathes of Benue land where he comes
from.
“That he found the courage to challenge the stance of Ohaneze
Ndigbo publicly confirms what we have always known, that he’s suffering from
what psychologists call the Stockholm syndrome.
“We promise Chief Paul Unongo and his collaborators in the
Arewa North that Nigeria will never be the same after this encounter. Arewa
North should concentrate on alleviating the long suffering poor masses of the
core North and leave Biafra, IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu alone.”
By Seun Opejobi
