The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has queried the mental state of those ‘waging war’ against the people of the southeast region.
In a statement released on Thursday evening by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB’s Lead Counsel, obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA, the separatist leader urged residents of South East region not to embrace any form of criminality and those behind the activities of the so-called ‘Unknown Gunmen’ in their land.
The IPOB helmsman stated that the worrisome spate of killing and abduction of innocent citizens in the region should be totally eradicated.
“Onyendu (Kanu) has a hard stance in condemnation of crimes and dissidents, and reiterated that he has never condoned nor supported criminality of any form. Hence, the criminal elements who are involved in making lives unbearable to our people should be immediately fished out and dealt with as such. They have no place in IPOB’s peaceful self-determination movement,” Ejiofor’s statement partly reads.
“That the general public and indeed UmuChineke, should be notified in unmistaken terms that nobody is receiving any instruction from Onyendu for the purpose of encouraging dissidents’ behaviours and accordingly, disassociates himself from any person(s) who is mischievously feeding the public with such blatant falsehood. Onyendu stressed that he has since made his stance public, which position is clearly contained in a viral short clip, recorded during one of his appearances in Court.
“Onyendu reiterated his call for total calmness in the entire South-East region, and particularly queried the mental state of those who are relentlessly waging war against his people, the very people he had sworn to protect and make life better for.
“Onyendu’s movement was founded on a peaceful bedrock, in consonance with the universally recognized rights of indigenous people to self-determination, as clearly encapsulated under the extant laws.
“That the activities of the dissidents/marauders who engage in criminal activities, have further emboldened the blood thirsty and untrained Nigerian security agents, to unleash unimaginable terror on innocent people of the South-East region.”
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