Nnamdi Kanu: Militants declare war on FG—Sun Newspapers
Call on United Nations to prevail on govt
From: Tony John, Port Harcourt
TWO
militant groups in the Niger Delta region have declared their readiness
to confront the Federal government in battle for its refusal to release
the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and
Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The
groups, Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) and Niger Delta People’s
Democratic Front (NDPDF) made the declaration yesterday in separate
statements in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following reports that there
were plans by the Federal Government, to use witnesses in mask, to
testify against the leader of IPOB, who was charged of treason in court.
Reacting
to the report, leaders of the two groups, General Ben (CML) and
Precious Iyoyo (aka General playboy), stated that since President
Muhammadu Buhari-led government was determined to cause problem in the
country particularly in the South-South and South-East zones, by
stubbornly refusing to release Kanu, the groups were ready to cripple
the economy.
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Specifically,
General Ben, who is known for his blunt statements, said when the 31
day-ultimatum given to the federal goverment to release the IPOB leader
expires tomorrow, Monday, February 22, the battle line would have been
drawn. Ben, in the CML statement, declared that the target areas of the
first stage of the uprising would be in Abia and Anambra States, as well
as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He
said that the group’s reason for the two states and Abuja was because
they were the major places where Federal Government shed the blood of
their “brothers and sisters.”
General
Ben declared: “We are ready for Federal Government, which said we would
be treated as criminals and saboteurs. The 31-day ultimatum will expire
on Monday. We are ready and will attack them in Abia, Anambra and
Abuja, where they shed the blood of Biafran brothers and ssters. “We are
not going to attack the civilians per se; but we are going to attack
the presence of the Federal Government in the areas. If President Buhari
could not clear Boko Haram in six months, as he told Nigerians, why
didn’t he focus attention on the North? Why did he waste the blood of
Biafrans people?
“We
are in solidarity with the Biafran struggle and there is no going back.
We are taking our revenge. We are not going to spare them. We don’t
believe in much talk. Enough is enough,” Ben threatened.
Similarly,
General Playboy threatened that any attempt by the federal government,
through security agencies, to use masked witnesses against the IPOB
leader, would not go without dire consequencies.
Playboy
implored the United Nations (UN) to prevail on the Nigerian government
to allow peace reign in the country, freeing Kanu and allowing Biafra to
have its sovereignty.
“If this nonsense is allowed to go on, lives of innocent people, both Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and foreigners will go down.
Many countries parted for peace, why is the case of Nigeria and biafra too difficult? To be together is not by force.
“If
they (UN) don’t intervene in this matter, and Nigerian government goes
ahead to execute its plans to annihilate Biafrans, we will cripple the
economy of this country. All eyes are on government not only Kanu but on
Tompolo too. The government is treading on very rough and dangerous
path,” General Playboy declared.
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