SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, (THEWILL) – Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, believes that the compliance rate with the sit-at-home request made by the group in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra is indicative that the realisation of a sovereign Biafra republic is at hand.
Kanu, who expressed this conviction in a statement issued on Wednesday by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said he was encouraged by the participation of the people.
While describing the level of compliance with Tuesday’s sit-at-home order as satisfactory, he vowed to stop at nothing to ensure that the people of the defunct Eastern Nigeria are liberated from the stranglehold of their oppressors.
He thanked “friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over the world for their tenacious efforts that made our Heroes Day Sit-At-Home Order a resounding success”.
According to the statement, “In line with this remarkable sit-at-home held yesterday(Tuesday), I will not hesitate to congratulate the people of Abia State, Anambra State, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State, Rivers State including the good people of Igbanke in Edo State, Igala clan in Kogi State and Idoma/Igede/Agatu in Benue State for sending a clear and unmistakable message to the whole world that this Biafra self-determination effort driven by IPOB is uncompromising.
“The fact that our people obeyed the order to sit at home is confirmation that IPOB which I lead has the mandate of all Biafrans to spearhead the ongoing Biafra restoration effort.
“Special thanks goes to my deputy, Mazi Uche Mefor, our Directorate of State led by Mazi Chika Edoziem and the indescribably incredible IPOB family all over the world.”
Kanu also acknowledged “those in the diaspora who poured themselves into the streets in distant and foreign lands in more than 98 countries of the world to honour and remember our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price during the genocidal war against our people in 1967 and 1970.
“With near total compliance with this sit-at-home order I issued when I was still in Kuje Prison Abuja, it has proven to me beyond every conceivable doubt that Biafra restoration is a priority to all and sundry and I promise never to let Biafra down even upon the pain of death because you never let me down.”
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