Biafra: IPOB woos Britain on referendum

THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), governed by the Supreme Council of Elders, is wooing Britain on a proposed referendum on Biafra.
IPOB, under the leader­ship of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has congratulated the Brit­ish government over the successful referendum which confirmed the coun­try’s exit from European Union (EU).
The group described the exercise as a good omen and a step ahead of Biafra’s secession, calling on Brit­ish government to support the wishes of Biafrans to secede.
A statement signed by spokespersons of IPOB, Mr. Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya said the British government, which is the closest ally of the Nige­rian government must, as a mark of exemplary leader­ship, guide President Mu­hammadu Buhari and his colleagues to respect the wishes of the people.
“IPOB congratulates the government and people of Britain for organising the Brexit vote and applauds the British government for respecting the wishes of her citizens. However, it smacks of hypocrisy that the same David Cameron that initiated the Brexit vote has been propping up the Nigeria government in the acts of suppressing the quest by Biafrans to exit from Nigeria. Is it because Biafrans are blacks and black Africans inferior to white British people?
“Why does British gov­ernment think that what is good for the white people is not good for the black peo­ple of Africa especially Biaf­rans? Mr. David Cameron, in organising Brexit is tak­ing advantage of the rights of people to make their choice. But in denying Bi­afrans the right to choose their own nation, Cameron is telling Biafrans that they are inferior because of the colour of their skin. He is directly telling Biafrans that because they come from an inferior race, they do not deserve to exist as a nation of their own choice.”
Meanwhile, IPOB has distanced itself from the reported alignment with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and other militants in the Niger Delta by the group’s faction led by Kanu and Uchenna Madu’s fac­tion of Movement for Actu­alisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Indigenous People of Bi­afra (SCIPOB), Dr. Dozie Ikedife made the declara­tion, yesterday, when he spoke with newsmen in Nnewi.
Ikedife said he saw the Biafra war from beginning to the end and witnessed how millions of people especially from the South East were slaughtered and property worth billions of pounds destroyed because of the struggle for self de­termination.
The Ikenga Nnewi said nobody in his right senses would talk about a repeat of the 30 months pogrom that inflicted pains and sor­rows to almost every family in Biafran land. He insisted that he would not support any war, “because any life lost cannot be replaced…”
The SUN