IPOB protesters Photo: twitter
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to retaliate “the senseless killings of unarmed Biafra agitators” if it does not stop.
Recall that many members of Biafra Independence Movement were arrested on Wednesday during a gathering to commemorate 22 years of the founding of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB.
Reacting to the development in a statement, IPOB noted that, “There remains only two constituencies to blame for this and they are Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Igbo governors. Their repeated silence over the slaughter of their own people makes them an accomplice.
“Those agitators romancing with Arewa politicians by night, but jump up during the day to shout Biafra must cover their faces in shame. Their duplicitous character will never endear them to the oppressor.
“We are asking the Nigerian government to focus its military hardware and fire power on Fulani terror herdsmen in Benue and other Northern terrorist groups active in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.
“The senseless killings of unarmed Biafra agitators must stop because it will only breed more diehard activists that may choose to abandon the non violence stance of IPOB.
“One day, violence will surely beget violence if this ongoing anti-Biafra persecution is not stopped.”