The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned against any attempt to touch its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who they claim is ‘bigger and greater’ than former Presidential candidate, MKO Abiola.
In a statement issued yesterday by its spokeman, Emma Powerful, the separatist group, denied reports that its incarcerated leader had agreed to renounce the struggle for Biafra secretly.
“Instead of our leader to renounce Biafra, he would renounce Nigeria publicly, mark our words. We are not after securing bail for our leader; we are after his freedom and freedom for the people of Biafra.
“Even a child born today knows that any attempt to tamper with Nnamdi Kanu’s life will bring calamity too horrible to imagine in Nigeria.
“For the sake of clarity, we must state that Abacha did not kill Abiola because they both were killed at the same time. So,anybody who comes from anywhere to kill our leader must also make sure they kill Buhari too in order to have the MKO Abiola scenario replicated,”
“We are not joining issues with Gbomo Jomo and MEND again because IPOB is a mass movement that have branches and intellectuals all over the world.
“The leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu with all due respect is bigger and greater than MKO Abiola .So, the comparison doesn’t arise.
“Nnamdi Kanu is not seeking rulership of Nigeria like Abiola that could reasonably bring him into conflict with entrenched Northern interest whose sole desire is to continue ruling Nigeria.”
