……..To pay N1 million for information
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), the revolutionary group championing the independence of South-East Nigeria has said it is targeting elites from the region abroad for picketing.
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in a broadcast on Sunday, named South-East governors, Ohanaeze President-General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai as those to be attacked by the group.
Kanu also offered One million naira reward for anyone willing to provide credible information on their respective travel itinerary.
He alleged that a member of the group had made money available for credible information anytime the governors from South East and other leaders from the zone would be travelling.
According to him: “If you are working in any Government House in South East and know which of the cities in the world the governor is going to be, let us so that we will mobilise for them and you will be rewarded with the sum of N1 million”
Kanu accused the governors of being behind the proscription of the group, adding that “They said they proscribed IPOB to douse rising tension in the region. What caused the tension is because the military raided my house in Umuahia.”
The IPOB leader also accused Igbo elites of secretly approving the RUGA settlement in the Southeast.
Explaining why Ekweremadu was attacked, Kanu said the former Deputy Senate President connived with the governors to proscribed the group.
He said: “They also brought the military to raid my House in Afara, Umuahia. How many times has Ekweremadu spoken against the killings and kidnapping happening in his state? He (Ekweremadu) went to celebrate the New Yam Festival in Nuremberg Germany when his people are killed and our women raped. Where did they get the tubers of yam they were using to celebrate because there is none in Igboland since all the farmlands have been destroyed by marauding herdsmen?”. he asked.
He alleged that Nwodo accused Igbo Youths of carrying out the recent killings, kidnappings and other criminal activities in the South East, especially in Enugu State.
He said the group would never forgive Buratai for his role in various killings and atrocities allegedly committed by the military in the South East, warning them to steer clear of foreign lands for their own good.
“We have nominated five persons each in every country of the world who are ready to be arrested and be jailed for this purpose. Many of us have been killed, so what is there in going to jail”,
He praised Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and Femi Fani- Kayode., adding that “We campaigned for Abaribe’s re-election because he always spoke the truth every time about what is happening in the country and today he is the highest political office holder in Igboland”
“Fani Kayode is not an Igbo man, but he always stands for the truth, and so we have enormous respect for him”.
Kanu also claimed that the military is beginning another Operation Python Dance in the Southeast (Monday) which is targeted at his group.
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