Again, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu,
has said that except the Federal Government begins the process for a
Biafra referendum, there will be no election in Anambra come November
and in the entire South-East during 2019 general elections.
Recall that Kanu’s IPOB had on May 30 ordered a sit-at-home in the
South-East region, which recorded almost total compliance in the five
states of the geopolitical zone. Kanu reportedly made this declaration in the presence of some
international journalists when he addressed a large crowd of his IPOB
members at his father’s home in Abia State.
He said, “If the Federal Government does not agree with us on a date
for referendum, there will be no elections in the southeast, we are
starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no
governorship election in Anambra State.”
“In 2019, the whole of Biafraland 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 councilor-ship elections in
Biafraland if they fail to call for a referendum.”
Stating that IPOB members are not afraid of being sent to prisons he
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 unless the Federal Government gives us Biafra.
“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.
“In 2019, the whole of Biafraland 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 Councilor-ship elections in
Biafra land if they (federal government) fail to call for a referendum.”
Kanu’s recent order is coming despite Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo’s statement that the group is breaching the constitution of the
land with their activities. Osinbajo stated this during his just concluded consultative meetings
with leaders from the North and South-East to douse the tension created
by agitation for Biafra and its consequent quit notice for all Ndigbo in
the North to vacate the region on or before October 1, 2017.
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