There is a rumour going round that it was the threat issued
to President Buhari by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to step his
feet into the soil of ‘Biafra’ land that scared him not to come to Enugu as was
planned.
Recall that President Buhari was earlier on warned by IPOB
never to come to their territory as a result of how he killed their kinsmen.
According to a report issued by DAILY POST, none of the
current ministers serving under president Buhari from Igboland not even
Governor Rochas Okorocha was present at the event.
Though other political leaders from the South-East were in
attendance, including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Deputy Senate President, Chief
Ike Ekweremadu, Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu, David Umahi of
Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi, respectively.
Nevertheless, in an announcement issued by Comrade Emma
Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, he commended the people of Biafra “over their
supports towards stopping President Muhamadu Buhari from attending the economic
summit in Enugu today, being 22nd December, 2016.”
He stated that “we thank everybody who participated in
making this effort a reality because the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other leaders have drafted 2020 men to Enugu who
are ready to die with Buhari today in Enugu.
“The world would have justified the
killing of Biafrans by Buhari and his government today.
“Therefore, we thank Chukwu Okike
Abiama because the federal government would have seen what they have not seen
before because we are Biafrans not Nigeria and we know why we chose nonviolent
approach towards this noble cause not out of fear.”
The group equally cautioned ministers of Igbo extraction in
Abuja, stressing that “somebody like Ngige who feels that Biafra is a child’s
play, we warn that when we start with him, his masters in Abuja will not save
him and his colleagues.
“This project of Biafra restoration
being championing by the God ordained leader, Mazi Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not like
other pro Biafra movements where politicians can make jest of.
“We are for mission; beware Ngige,
we are not illiterates and drop out as you said and we are not jobless people
as you also insinuated.
“The Nigeria government and Buhari
must release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other IPOB members in detention illegally and
investigate the amnesty international reports, which indicted the security
agencies in Nigeria and summit the investigations for the public to see.
“Let us expose the evils they
committed against the members of IPOB and Biafrans at large.”
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