INSIDE IPOB CAMP – WHY NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE MAY NOT HAPPEN
According to Mazi Okechukwu
Isiguzoro. the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi
Kanu is spending more time inside prison than the ipob members bargained
for. HE granted an interview exposing the real reason behind the
leaders long detention and obstructions to his release.
Kanu issued warning to Ohanaeze ndi
igbo to mind their business, He would rather die in jail than need their
assistance. Well the battle line has been drawn as a result of constant
fights between his members and individuals and groups working for his
release.
This assertion was made by Mazi
Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth
Council, in a chat with Vanguard. According to Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze’s
efforts in consulting with relevant stakeholders on the Biafra, has been
misconstrue by IPOB. Isiguzoro said he had received threats while his
group has been labeled saboteurs by those who are supposed to work with
relevant stakeholders to ensure Kanu’s release from detention.
The IPOB had recently blamed the Ohanaeze for trading off Biafra when a
US team held a meeting with the group in Enugu. Following the meeting
the reports appeared that some of the group’s members suspected to be
Ohanaeze Ndigbo and their youth wing were allegedly impersonating IPOB
leaders in Enugu, claiming to be representing IPOB in meeting with some
American officials who were in Nigeria to have a meeting with the group
on the release of their leader.
But in a swift response, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo has slammed promoters of Radio Biafra, and IPOB for what it
described as “their penchant for telling lies and causing disaffection
among the people. Reacting to allegations that Ohanaeze leadership had
aborted the actualization of Biafra in a meeting with delegates from the
United Nations, Dr. Joe Nworgu, the secretary general of the group,
said the meeting the leadership of the body held in Enugu had nothing to
do with the independence of Biafra.
“Since a few days ago when Radio
Biafra carried the news item that the Ohaaneze Ndigbo had aborted the
actualisation of Biafra as a country, numerous text messages and
telephone calls have been received by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo worldwide, Dr Joe Nworgu.
“The alleged visit by some white
people from America to hold a meeting with Ndigbo, through Ohanaeze,
with the intent of delivering a United Nation’s certificate of
recognition and independence of the Republic of Biafra is a ruse.
The news item is a mere fabrication
and ill-motivated,” the read in part. Ohanaeze explained that on Friday,
February 26, “The new United States Consul General in Nigeria, His
Excellency John Bray and his team had a meeting with Ohaneze Ndigbo at
Nike lake hotel; this was part of His Excellency’s familiarisation tour
of the country.
He had meetings with the governors
in the various states. In Enugu, the headquarters of Ohanaeze, he had a
meeting with us on Igbo perception of Nigeria.
This meeting is what has been
distorted to be ‘some white men from America came to give Biafrans
independence.’ Of course, this cannot be the process of granting anybody
independence.”
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