Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
has replied President Muhammed Buhari over the call for his re-arrest.
In a statement reacting to the President. Kanu said he is
not afraid of arrest and will continue to protect the Biafran people from the
dictatorial tendencies of the Buhari administration.
His words: “The directive to service chiefs to clamp down on
IPOB is a continuation of the Buhari’s dictatorial and un- democratic approach
to gover- nance. I find it unacceptable, abhorrent, and insulting that somebody
elected by the peo- ple can turn around to dictate to them.
“Buhari was elected to gov- ern Nigeria,
he should get on with the business of gover- nance and not try to instigate another
war.”
Kanu also insisted on the boycott of November 18 Anambra
governorship election, stressing that “only the beneficiaries of the crumbs
from Aso Rock will support those calling on me to rescind the boycott order.
“The call for boycott of the election is our legitimate
right. IPOB has only one weapon with which to fight Nigeria,
and that is civil disobedience not armed conflict. If we decide not to vote in
Anambra, it is our prerogative. It is not targeted at Governor Willie Obiano or
anybody.”
He stressed that IPOB would not be forced to take up arms no
matter the provocation. “We have refused to be provoked to arms rebellion. That
is what Buhari is looking for. Buhari wants a war but we won’t oblige him
because we are civilised people. We are democrats at heart by nature and by
essence,” he said, adding that no amount of threat or intimidation would make
him give up the struggle for Biafra autonomy because it
is a genuine cause.
“We are not armed and we can never be armed. IPOB has done a
lot to free other ethnic nationalities from the Caliphate’s bondage of
retrogression and economic emasculation. Other ethnic na- tionalities should be
grateful to IPOB for giving them the cour- age and the heart to speak up and say
they are not slaves.
Source: Naij.com
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