Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of London based radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that Biafrans and eligible voters in Anambra State would boycott the state gubernatorial election scheduled for November 18 if the Federal Government fails to hold referendum for the ‘Republic of Biafra’ before the election.
The IPOB leader made this statement at his father’s palace in Afara Ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria on Wednesday, June 21.
Speaking further, Mr. Kanu stressed that people of Southeast and others under the Old Eastern Region would not participate in the 2019 general election if the government ignores the demand for referendum.
Kanu also faulted his exclusion from the stakeholders meeting in Aso Rock, stressing that he would not relent in his agitation for Biafra.
Addressing IPOB members on Wednesday, Kanu said: “Nigerian government should build as many prisons as possible to jail all Biafrans because there is no going back and we are ready to go there (prisons) unless the federal government gives us Biafra.
“We are starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no governorship election in Anambra State. In 2019, the whole of Biafra land will not vote for any President. There will be no Senator, there will be no House of Reps, there will be no House of Assembly and there will be no councillorship elections in Biafra land if they (federal government) fail to call for a referendum.”
Speaking further, Kanu urged IPOB members to remain steadfast and calm as Biafra remains their only hope.
“We are not like any other people. People like us don’t come twice. That’s why I know that with the last breath in this very body that Biafra will be restored. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Tell them that’s what I said. Nobody on this earth can stop Biafra,” the IPOB said.
Kanu’s meeting with members of the IPOB is coming two months after the IPOB leader regained freedom after spending 18 months in detention.
Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, granted bail to the IPOB leader. Kanu who described himself as the ‘Lion of Biafra’, was granted bail by Justice Binta Nyako on health grounds and ordered not to grant press interviews and avoid being seen in a crowd of more than 10 people.
The IPOB leader was freed after meeting the bail conditions given to him by Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja division of the Federal High Court. Kanu perfected the bail after the South East Senate caucus and former Deputy Governor of Abia State, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, a Jewish High Chief Priest, Immanuu-El Shalom and a Chartered Accountant residing in Abuja, Tochukwu Uchendu signed the bail bond. Surprisingly, two months after the IPOB leader was freed, he has not only addressed hundreds of his supporters but has also granted media interviews.
Last month, while addressing the members of the Jewish Synagogue at his residence in Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia in Abia state, Southeast Nigeria , Kanu declared that the coming of the Republic of Biafra was imminent.
Similarly, Kanu had told Al Jazeera that he was not bothered about landing in trouble over his actions due to the bail conditions given to him Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Division of the High Court.
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