Niger Delta militants have warned the Federal Government of
the dangers the country would face, if the Leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is re-arrested by security agents.
The militants also gave government a two-week ultimatum
to release two members of IPOB, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and Bright Chimezie, who
had been in detention, threatening to commence attack after the
expiration.
The militants, consisting of members of Niger Delta People
Democratic Front (NDPDF), Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) and Rainbow
Marabas (RM), gave the warning yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
after their crucial meeting.
Leaders of the groups identified as General Iyoyo
Playboy (NDPDF), General Ben (CML) and General Billy Anaeja, warned that
re-arrest of Kanu would cause spontaneous attacks in major states in the
country.
The group further accused the Federal Government of playing
politics with the lives of Nigerians, particularly people from South East and
South-South geo-political zones. A statement jointly issued by Iyoyo, Ben
and Anaeja, through their tweet handle, flayed the Federal Government for
exhibiting hatred on the regions and individuals that expressed dissatisfaction
with the All Progressives Congress (APC) style of administration.
They stated: “Federal Government has shown, through its
moves to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu, that it does not value lives of Nigerians.
Government wants to use the attempt to re-arrest the IPOB Leader to escalate
the crisis in the country. “If government is serious, it should go ahead to
arrest and wait for the result. We will back IPOB and give the group support in
any form, even without them expecting it.”
“We learnt that Federal Government has deployed more
security to the South-South and South-East geo-political zones because of
Nnamdi Kanu. We dare them to go ahead and execute”, they warned.
They wondered why the Federal Government had remained silent
over the activities of Northern youths against the Igbo and killings by Fulani
herdsmen.
“What has Federal Government done about arresting Arewa
youths, who hate the Igbo people with passion? What has Federal Government done
with the Fulani herdsmen? How many of them have been arrested. Why is it
silent, but is worried about a non-violent IPOB?
“We are reiterating our stand that we, the Niger Delta
agitators, will resist any attempt to re-arrest the IPOB leader. We will resist
FG and face the consequences. We are not begging those ruling not to go ahead
and execute their plot”, the militants stressed.
By Tony John
