BREAKING NEWS, Politics
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THE agitation for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, director, Radio Biafra, has remained on the front burner. Thousands of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have taken streets in Abuja, Onitsha and Aba asking for his release. The pro-Biafra group wants the federal government to release its leader who has been in detention for more than one month to be released unconditionally.
Members of the IPOB mobilised from Onitsha, Asaba, Awka, Ekwulobia, Awka-Etiti, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi and Abia states, marching for his freedom of Kanu. According to Emeka Onwane, one of the commanders of IPOB, the protest was a warning signal to the federal government to make sure that Kanu, who he said, would appear in court on Tuesday, December 1, was released without further delay.
Onwane said they decided to shut down Onitsha and Aba, and make sure there was no commercial or business activities to further press home their demand. He said unless Kanu is released there would be no peace in Nigeria. He said the protest would last for three days, and they chose Onitsha for the mother of all rallies.
“IPOB is looking up to the international community including the United States, Russia, France and every other countries excluding Britain which is the enemy of Biafra. We are not talking about Igbo presidency; we are talking about an independent nation of Biafra. So, we are looking up to world leaders to help us actualise Biafra,” Onwane said.
— Dec 1, 2015 @ 14:50 GMT
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