The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to leave an indelible mark all over the world on Friday which it has slated for worldwide protest, except in Nigeria.
In a statement as a follow-up to the one it issued on Sunday, IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said: “IPOB will leave no stone unturned come Friday 23rd September 2016 around major cities of the world, from Sydney Australia to Toronto Canada-from Moscow in Russia to Sao Paulo in Brazil-everywhere will reverberate to the theme of freedom”.
Powerful also said that the group would demonstrate its presence across the globe to let Nigeria understand that it is “indeed a global phenomenon unrivaled in the history of modern freedom fighting”.
It projects to protest in at least 100 countries and territories around the world for mankind to know who Nnamdi Kanu is. It also believed that “at the end of this exercise, countries will know who Nnamdi Kanu is more than any other African alive.
As part of the protest, it said, petitions and letters will be delivered to Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chancellors and Heads of State of over 100 countries where members will march on the 23rd of September 2016.
It blamed the economic down turn in Nigeria to injustice meted out to its leader, saying that since the kidnap of its leader, “Nigeria started to witness a decline in its fortunes and ever since then the country has been on “irreversible decline that will inevitably end with its breakup and emergence of Biafra.
“There is nothing anybody can do about it because Chukwu Okike Abiama (God Almighty) that sent Nnamdi Kanu has taken over our mission and is literally directing it from haven”, it boasted; adding: “Famine, plague, economic depression, earthquakes, hunger and despair in Nigeria is here to stay because Buhari touched an anointed man and refused to release him despite several court orders to do so”.
This desperate condition will worsen, it said with its Directorate of State’s appeal for all activities in the entire Biafra land to be brought to a halt in solidarity with its national leader.
According to the statement, the protest will expose the Nigerian government for what it is to the rest of the world.
It added: “It is now 11 agonising months since he was kidnapped for a fathom, baseless and unfounded allegation based on a witch-hunt against the Biafrans by the federal government of Nigeria and security agents.
“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had been in illegal detention since last year with Buhari repeatedly refusing to obey the pronouncements of courts of competent jurisdiction to release an innocent man.
“As we are ready to march against the illegal detention of our leader prophet Nnamdi Kanu, we hope the international community will hear the trumpet and prevail upon Buhari to do the needful or else things will definitely fall apart in Nigeria”, it stated.
Meanwhile, all efforts to get the Anambra State Police command to react to the shut-down order by IPOB proved abortive.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sam Okuala, picked his call but could not say anything while the Police Public Relations Officer, Nkeiru Nwode, who returned my missed call, stopped abruptly and promised to call again.