Emma Powerful, POB’s media director, says they will suspend agitation if the federal government sets a date to hold a referendum
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has given conditions for the suspension of any form of agitation.
A statement by IPOB’s media director, Emma Powerful, says IPOB will suspend its agitation if the federal government sets a date to hold a referendum on the secession of the South-East region from Nigeria.
IPOB statement reads: “Nigerian government must bear one thing in mind; IPOB is not fighting to restructure. We are not against restructuring but our demand is not restructuring,” the statement reads.
“Our demand is the restoration of Biafra State. All we need is a date for REFERENDUM to decide whether or not we want to continue with this forced marriage.
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“Those who think Nigeria is ready for restructuring may have to think again. Those benefiting from the current lopsidedness have made restructuring impossible. They are unlikely to heed the clamour for restructuring.
“But for us, the only thing that can make us slow down a little is the government giving us a date for the referendum.
“Restoration of the sovereign State of Biafra is a divine mandate. Our eternal leader Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu told them to restructure Nigeria they said no and killed millions of Biafrans in the war.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB did not come on board to demand to restructure; we are for total freedom and independence,” IPOB says in a statement.