Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that no matter how many police and Army troops deployed on the streets as well as how many people they kill or arrest, Biafraland would be locked down on May 30 in remembrance of fallen heroes.
The group directed their remarks at the Nigerian army and the police saying that threats, lies, propaganda, misinformation, arrests, torture, illegal detention, a corrupt complicit judiciary only serve to strengthen its resolve to restore Biafra not diminish it.
The Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement said that one thing was guaranteed, the day of reckoning would come, when heaven and earth could not contain the rage of the oppressed.
“On that day every person or persons that ever partook in the persecution of IPOB will pay dearly for it, them and their families.
“Biafraland is under siege today, with hundreds kidnapped on a daily basis by an army that capitulated in front of Boko Haram and are actively supporting the ethnocentric campaign of genocide against non-Fulani population in the Middle Belt.
“We have resolved to make every sacrifice needed to ensure Biafra is liberated; therefore we are prepared for this wave of onslaught against IPOB. We are consoled by the fact that the whole world is taking stock of what IPOB is being forced to endure because a time will come when the hunter will become the hunted.
“Biafra remembrance day celebration is on Thursday 30th of May and Biafrans must not come out on that day. It will serve as a reminder to the overlords in Nigeria that we Biafrans are united in our quest to be free from the iniquitous bondage called Nigeria.
“IPOB is a disciplined movement that cannot abdicate its obligation to the dead. We owe it to our fallen heroes and heroines to honour them in the finest traditions of IPOB on May 30th. No matter how many troops they deploy on our streets or how many people they kill or arrest, Biafraland will be locked down on that fateful day.
“There is nothing this wholly incompetent and fraudulent Nigerian Government, her police, army and other security apparatus can do to stop or jeopardize 30th of May. This great day mapped out by Biafrans to remember their heroes and heroines who sacrificed and laid down their precious lives for this present generation to be alive today, will be observed.
“It is better for Nigeria police and other security agencies to stay indoors and respect that day or the spirit of those that died in the quest for Biafra will destroy them” Powerful warned. Ends