Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says approving a date
for referendum in Nigeria by the Federal
Government is the only condition that would
make the November 18 governorship
election possible in Anambra State.
According to The Guardian, Kanu stated that
the current situation of things in the country
cannot continue, insisting that the time has
come when people should be allowed to
decide what they want from Nigeria.
Speaking in Enugu after receiving three
awards from Igbo Students, Eastern
Consultative Assembly and Igbo Women
Assembly, Kanu explained that Biafra has
come to stay.
He said: “There will be no election in
Anambra State come November 18, 2017
and there won’t be any going forward until
they give me a date for referendum. They
know what to do. It is very simple. They
should convene a meeting, I will attend or I
will send my representative. That is the only
way they can have election if not, there
won’t be any.”
Ask whether such position would not lead
to bloodshed, especially now that Ohanaeze
Ndigbo and other Igbo leaders have
distanced themselves from the call, he said:
“I am not bothered over that because the
people are with us; we control the people
one hundred per cent and come to Anambra
on November 18, the world will be amazed
at what will happen. We are entirely a
peaceful people. We are not stopping
anybody from voting. We are democrats.”
In another development, traffic yesterday
was halted for several hours in Abakaliki
when Kanu and his group stormed the state
capital in a long convoy.
Speaking to the people that came out to
welcome him, Kanu vowed to continue the
struggle for the actualisation of Biafra
noting that he will shut down Ebonyi for
three days.
His words: “Nobody can stop Biafra because
Biafra has come to stay. I will transverse all
parts of Biafra land and other areas without
anybody stopping me.’’
