Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has declared war on the people of the South-East.
He described the Operation Restore Peace commanded by the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba as another plot to massacre civilians in the South-East.
Kanu disclosed this in a statement issued by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful on Thursday.
“The
attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our
great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been drawn to the recent security
meeting held in Aso Rock by the service chiefs and the impostor parading
himself as President Muhammadu Buhari. Far-reaching but undisclosed
decisions were reached at the meeting on how to quell insecurity in the
Eastern region.
“It's on record that nobody from South-East was
present or invited at the meeting where such critical decisions were
taken. Despite the mounting public outcry trailing the decision of the
Fulani-controlled federal government to commence another military
operation in the Eastern region as approved at the meeting with
shoot-on-sight order against Igbo youths and Biafra agitators, the
security agencies are bent on carrying out the order.
“Just two
days ago, the Inspector General of Police, while launching a special
Police Operation for South-East, called Operation Restore Peace, in
Enugu confirmed the people’s fears when he asked police personnel not to
wait for any other special order before they start killing protesters
and anyone confronting them in the zone.
“He assured them of
federal protection against human rights allegations or prosecutions,
urging them to take the war to the people in their homes. He
specifically directed them to ensure they eliminate anybody suspected to
be a Biafran agitator or IPOB member, and not to bother bringing them
to police stations anymore.
“Our intelligence unit has equally
uncovered another secret meeting where the federal government of Nigeria
authorised the Security Chiefs to crush IPOB members, Biafra agitators
and youths in the Eastern region, assuring them of adequate protection
against any prosecution by human rights organisations.
“Our
intelligence further revealed that part of their decision at the meeting
was to use those Boko Haram members they recruited into the Nigeria
military and police to eliminate anybody they see on the street as being
currently witnessed in Imo State. The military invaded students hostel
in Owerri shooting sporadically and directly at people,” the statement
partly read.
While the pro-Biafra group leader alerted the
members of the group and civilians in the region to be careful, he also
declared that any genocidal war should be blamed on Nigeria’s service
chiefs.
“We are equally aware that the Fulani-controlled federal
government of Nigeria had ordered another military operation codenamed
'Operation Restore Peace' in the South East and South-South. This is
only but another 'Operation Massacre Biafrans' in disguise.
“There
are so many security challenges in the North where the rampaging Boko
Haram terrorists and bandits have seized the control of many communities
and local government areas, yet there is no shoot-on-sight order
declared by the double-faced Buhari-led federal government. South-East
and South-South are not at war with anybody but Fulani terrorists
supported by the Nigeria government brought the war in our land, killing
innocent people while pointing accusing fingers at IPOB members and ESN
operatives.
“The action of the federal government is nothing
but a declaration of war against Biafrans. The Buhari-led administration
and his Service Chiefs have no moral justification to take a military
action against South-East without a South Eastern in attendance at the
meeting where such decision was purportedly taken. This, and of course
the appointment of Service Chiefs were in clear violation of the
principles of Federal Character enshrined in the zoo's constitution.
“Every
indigenous community in Biafraland must be careful and prepared because
they have brought the war to our door step. They have already started
burning people's houses and killing them. But our God shall fight for us
and we will defeat them. The same way they could not crush us during
the three-year Biafra war, they won't be able to prevail even now.
“We
are also wont to put the world on notice that Buhari and his Service
Chiefs should be held accountable for any genocide or war in Eastern
Nigeria. They brought the war to our doorsteps and we have no option but
to defend our ancestral land. And that we must do irrespective of the
cost!” Kanu added in the statement.
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