The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, warned, yesterday, against
what it described as the fabrication of letters and stories purporting
same to have been written by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by some
unnamed individuals.
Though the Media and Publicity Secretary of
IPOB, Mr Emma Powerful, was not specific about such letters and stories,
he said Kanu, who was granted bail last week after being detained for
nearly two years, had not given anybody any authority to issue any
statement on his behalf.
According to him, those involved were trying to blaspheme Kanu by writing press statements in his name without consultation.
He
said: “We warn those behind this calculated campaign of calumny,
especially the APC propaganda machinery and their affiliates, to stop
this despicable immoral act or face the wrath of IPOB.
“Those
behind this latest show of shame should be fully aware that our leader
is unable to speak up against these fabrications as he was barred from
speaking to the media by Justice Binta Nyako, who imposed
unconstitutionally draconian gagging order as part of his bail
condition.
“These
people are fully aware that our leader cannot grant press interview for
now and it is appalling and immoral for them to be writing press
statements in the name of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without proper
consultation.
“Furthermore, the leader of IPOB has said it a long
time ago that his only focus is to restore Biafra and nothing else, and
anybody trying to bring restructuring of Nigeria into the struggle for
the liberation of Biafra is doing so at his or her own detriment.”
“Therefore,
any person or group of persons who thinks that our leader can even
dream of agreeing to restructuring or tampering with the ethos of the
struggle is an enemy of the struggle.”
He stated that the struggle
for Biafra independence was a divine project, which no man could stop,
insisting that the suffering of the people of Biafra in Nigeria had
reached the point of no return.
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