File photo: Biafra Secret Service
In
a statement signed by Major Nkuma and released on Monday, the Biafra
National Guard has vowed that it is ready to confront Nigerian military,
saying they will defend the South Eastern people over the declaration
of Operation Python Dance II.
The Biafra National Guard (BNG), has declared that the Nigerian
military can “go to hell” because it would defend people of the South
East.
BNG made the declaration while faulting the decision of the
Nigerian Military to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a
terrorist group.
Reacting to the declaration, BNG stated that it would not be
blackmailed by the terrorist tag, stressing that Biafra will be
restored.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Major Nkuma, BNG
maintained that it is not a terrorist group, adding that Nigerian
government is a “big joke” for making such declaration.
According to the statement, “Nigerian government can be rest
assured of self-defense” because it would “never retreat or surrender
till death lift our hands.”
The statement reads, “It did not come as a surprise to Biafra
National Guard that Buhari through Nigerian military declared IPOB a
terrorist organization. Let us remind Nigerian establishment and Britain
that IPOB is not a group or organization- IPOB is the people of Old
Eastern region and having declared IPOB a terrorist organization, it
implies that every Biafran is a terrorist.
“It is sad that we found ourselves in a country we are
considered species of terror and a country we have no right to ask for
self-rule. We the Biafra National Guard believe that the declaration is
the end of the road for all Indigenous People of Biafra who have been
peacefully clamoring for referendum. The big question remains; are we
going to watch them implement the genocide they just declared?
“It is important to clearly state that Biafra National Guard
has been in existence for years and was not formed recently as claimed
by Nigerian military and it is an independent self-defense group;
primarily saddled with the responsibility of defending old Easterners’
as enshrined in 2007 UN charter on the rights of Indigenous People.
“IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the mother of
all pro-Biafra groups and as such, all pro-Biafra activists are
Indigenous People of Biafra. The Biafra National Guard is Indigenous but
clearly independent and doesn’t subscribe to the peaceful strategy of
IPOB but fully endorsed, and respects IPOB because it is Biafra people’s
wish.
“Biafra National Guard is not likely to take orders from IPOB
because IPOB is peaceful unless they decide otherwise- as we have always
maintained, IPOB is the representative of the entire people of Biafra.
We the Biafra National Guard carries the responsibility of self-defense
in Biafra land; and we are unapologetic, we don’t care what Nigeria tags
the people of Old Eastern region but they should be rest assured that
we must defend our lives according the 2007 UN and human rights charter.
“As thoughtless as the Nigerian military; a supposed
intelligent officer that passed out of school and living in a modern
world to tag a peaceful freedom fighting outfit terrorist organization
is the height of the joke- Nigeria is a big joke.
“The daftness of Muhammadu Buhari has infected the Nigerian
military that they both speak out of sheer hatred instead of reason or
experience. It is laughable that it took UN to declare Boko Haram a
terrorist organization but took a wayward soldier to declare a peaceful
or non-violent people a terrorist organization. The Nigerian military
can go to hell because we won’t be blackmailed; we will defend our lives
at all cost and we will restore Biafra because we are freedom fighters.
“Nigerian government and her military must be taken back to the
classroom or lecture hall to study history. They should be well taught
that Nelson Mandela was never a terrorist; Martin Luther King and
Mahatma Ghandi were never terrorists.
“They should be lectured that no freedom fighting outfit or
fighter has been labeled a terrorist; it is only possible in
artificially created Nigeria. Nigerian government and her military
should go to UK and ask them why they never tagged Scots terrorists and
they should also go to Spain for Catalonians. Must Nigeria continue to
disgrace herself before the world; is Nigeria a world apart from the
real world?
“Buhari and Britain should be well informed that they cannot
blackmail us; if being a freedom fighter is being a terrorist, we are
proud terrorists. If being a Biafran is being a terrorist; we are happy
to be one but by virtue of our activities, we are not terrorists and can
never be. We are Biafrans; we forbid terrorism; our culture and
everything we represent forbids terrorism. Nigerian military is killing
our people and we must defend ourselves to avoid our extinction.
“Biafra National Guard will never engage civilians but will
oppose armed murderous Nigerian forces. We have been labeled terrorist
to enable them implement the genocide against us but we will defend our
lives. Nigerian government can be rest assured of self-defense because
we shall never retreat or surrender till death lift our hands.
“Britain must be held to account because they are the brain
behind the genocide and terrorist tag; they are backing this second
phase genocide against the people of Biafra. Britain did not tag
Scotland agitating for Self-determination terrorists but went ahead to
force Nigeria to tag Biafrans who are like Scots terrorists. We will
resist every attempt to implement this second genocide; may God never
forgive us if we watched on while ethnic cleansing is carried out.”
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