The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
has made a critical assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies
in the last one year, and declared that he has wittingly and unwittingly
encouraged the rising wave of agitations for Biafra’s self
determination through his actions.
Aside from IPOB, the nascent Niger Delta
Avengers (NDA) has joined the clamour for self-determination, calling
for an independent Niger Delta region just as IPOB is agitating for an
independent Biafra.
In a statement issued by the duo of
Barrister Emma Mmezu and Dr Clifford Iroanya, IPOB spokesmen, the group
said that the president “has significantly catalyzed and fast-forwarded
the restoration of the nation of Biafra”.
According to IPOB, “Without the efforts
of Buhari, the crescendo reached today on the return of the nation of
Biafra would not have been possible”, citing “the genocidal killings of
Biafrans from August 2015 to February 2016, and to the utter disregard
of court orders”.
The pro-Biafra organisation noted that
former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, had by ignoring it made it
irrelevant but his successor, Buhari “has steadily and consistently
worked in the favour of the re-emergence of Biafra” by haunting
pro-Biafra activists.
Buhari has vowed that he would crush any
group with separatist tendencies, adding that Nigeria he would never be
allowed to disintegrate under his watch but IPOB said that Mr.
President’s propensity to resolve every problem with force was already
working against the unity of Nigeria.
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