Onwuka
As the President Muhamamdu Buhari-led federal government has urged the high court to order the re-arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, some reports making rounds online are alleging that some pro-Biafra leaders have gone into hiding.
Leader of the Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF, Benjamin Onwuka, who
four weeks ago declared himself the President of the Republic of Biafra
and named an interim cabinet has gone into hiding.
Onwuka went underground to evade arrest by operatives of Department
of State Services who have been on his trail since he held the press
conference where he announced the appointment of prominent individuals
into this ‘cabinet’ as ministers, an act that was roundly dismissed by
many as comical.
Onwuka had in his press conference about a month ago announced the
names of respected personalities as members of his cabinet. They
include, Prof. Pat Utomi (Foreign Affairs), Professor Chukwuma Soludo
(Governor, Central Bank of Biafra) and Ohanaeze President, Chief Nnia
Nwodo, who was appointed as Biafra’s Ambassador to the United States.
The interim government was to take off on August 1 and last till August
31, 2017.
In a recent statement he issued from his hideout Onwuka said:
“I’m not claiming to be president on my own. The United States under
Obama recognized Biafra on 15th October, 2014. The zionists believe in
international diplomacy.
“Let me assure those people appointed that the interim
government stands until we hear from the White House. So, the interim
government and our announcement on Biafra, they are still intact; we are
waiting to get a reply from US but the government we formed is intact.
Upon the return of President Donald Trump from vacation, Biafra will
take off. Obama and Trump will make Biafra to be a reality.
“My cabinet members have reacted, some negatively, but I know
they will come around; the interim government is alive but we cannot
activate it until we get a signal from the White House. But I know that
all those saying no now, they will later come around.
“Those we appointed from the Middle Belt are part of us; the
Middle belt belongs to us, including Southern Kaduna. We are going to
give Southern Kaduna statehood and the state would be called Gurara
State.
“We shall also restore peace between Cross River and Ebonyi.
The boundary dispute is a result of weak government. They don’t care
that we are killing ourselves so long as they are taking our oil. But
Biafra will not allow any form of boundary crisis. That we can assure
our people. There will be absolute peace.”
Reacting to Onwuka’s interim government, leader of the Movement for
the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Mr. Uchenna
Madu, dismissed him as a joker: “That is his own pattern. I may not
condemn him, for him to say he has declared Biafra and formed his
cabinet without consultation, without due process l don’t know what to
say.
"All I know is that we are still in the struggle to restore the
ancient kingdom of Biafra. For now we have not achieved Biafra’s
sovereignty. We have to follow due process; Biafra is not what anybody
could just wake up at night and say, I have declared Biafra and formed
government. That is rubbish; that makes a caricature of the struggle and
we can never support such. Therefore, Benjamin Onwuka is on his own.
He is a joker.”
Madu spoke further: “Actually those of us in the struggle are
supposed to check the excesses in the struggle but we don’t want to
create the impression that we have internal wranglings. So if Onwuka
likes let him say he has declared Biafra in heaven, that he is the
president, no problem. Nobody is contesting the presidency but one
thing is certain, one must follow the due process, and follow it
non-violently.
"Not using violence in the struggle, that is the most important
thing. So with his approach I think he is making caricature of himself
not even the Biafra cause because nobody is taking him seriously, even
the international community, even the people of Biafra are not taking
him seriously. So if he likes he can go and rest or try to re-arrange,
re-strategize or learn from people like us who have been in the struggle
for close to 18 years.
“He declared himself president and started naming people as
members of his cabinet. Some of these people believe in Nigeria and one
Nigeria; these are politicians and stakeholders in the Nigeria Project
but he named them as members of his cabinet, creating the impression
that those people are sponsoring the struggle when they are not. These
are people who are even against the struggle; tomorrow the DSS will
start harassing those people, creating opportunity for the security
agencies to start harassing Igbo leaders. And tomorrow if there is
opportunity for meaningful support to the struggle these people will shy
away, because somebody like Onwuka has messed up the system.”
Nnamdi Kanu not in hiding – Brother
The younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, Prince Emma Kanu, has thrown
cold water on a story making the rounds that the leader of the
Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) had taken cover to avoid being
abducted by security agencies.
In a telephone chat yesterday evening, Prince Emma said the rumour
was unfounded as Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had not done anything wrong to warrant
his being arrested, adding that his brother is not afraid of being
arrested. He said: “I don’t know from where people get their
information. The truth remains that we have not seen any increased
security presence that will make the IPOB leader to take cover.”
Speaking further, he said: “A general does not take cover by
merely hearing the sound of a gun. If they like, let them deploy the
whole troops in Nigeria to the South East, the IPOB leader won’t be
moved as he remains resolute in the agitation.”
Source: The Sun
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