The Head of Information and Communication, Uche Okafor-Mefor, disclosed this in a statement urging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) not to deny the people of the state from voting.
The de facto customary government of Biafra led by Mujahid Asari Dokubo
says the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State will
hold as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC).
The Head of Information and Communication, Uche Okafor-Mefor,
disclosed this in a statement urging the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) not to deny the people of the state from voting.
IPOB had declared a one week sit-at-home protest across the South-East
states starting from November 5, the eve of Anambra governorship
election.
The group said the protest was aimed at prevailing on the Nigerian government to release Nnamdi Kanu.
It vowed that the protest would go on as planned if Kanu was not released before November 4.
Kanu is facing trial on a seven-count amended charge bordering on treason and terrorism.
The
Nigerian government had blamed the IPOB leader for the murder of Dr.
Chike Akunyili, the husband of a former Director-General of the National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, late Prof. Dora
Akunyili.
A Presidential committee set up by the President had also
accused Kanu of being responsible for the murder of a former
presidential aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in the South-East.
Reacting, the De facto Biafra Customary Government spokesperson said the sit-at-home order was ‘criminal’.
He
said, “The government of Biafra hereby declares as follows; the
hydra-headed government believes absolutely in the sanctity of human
life – the protection of lives in the Biafran territory – and therefore
condemns in no uncertain terms the ongoing wanton destruction of lives
and properties in Biafraland by both state and non-state actors
irrespective of their motives.
“That the De Facto Customary
Government of Biafra extols the democratic ethos for which Biafrans are
known and as such declares support for the people of Biafra to exercise
their democratic rights to vote and be voted for in Biafraland in the
current and future elections.
“That in line with this pronouncement,
the De Facto Customary Government of Biafra affirms that elections in
Anambra State and elsewhere in Biafraland must hold by the extant laws;
that any boycott of the Anambra elections and others elsewhere remains
fruitless, counterproductive and would be incapable of invalidating the
electoral process because a winner must emerge eventually by the
circumstances strongly urged to go out and vote for the preferred
candidates of their choices.
“That the continued violent campaign for
the boycott of elections and other ancillary unethical conducts which
are inimical to the advancement of the Biafran cause are subsequently
frowned at and as such must be discouraged forthwith.
“That the
proponents of this self-annihilating strategy must be reminded that in
reality, the best way to be in control of political power is by engaging
and by going through the democratic process itself or they will
otherwise and in effect be aiding and abating the same Fulani-controlled
Nigerian state to all the more heavily militarise Biafraland, impose a
state of emergency, kill more Biafrans, ultimately rig the elections and
fraudulently install their stooges.”
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