Biafra: Third group RE-IPOB emerges, sacks Kanu’s IPOB, TRIPOB

Parading itself as the Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra (RE-IPOB), the group claimed that there is nothing like Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by the detained Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu again.

It also said that the faction, The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB), which emerged days before it, has no right to speak for Biafra.

The group noted this in a statement by its spokesman, Ikemba Biafra, assuring that it will disclose its leader on Monday August 29, 2016. It also advised all pro-Biafran campaigners to remain non-violent and called on security agents to stop molesting Biafran activists.

According to the group, Kanu has lost touch with realities of Biafra while TRIPOB has ‘nothing to offer’ as splinter group of IPOB.

Part of the statement reads, “Both IPOB and TRIPOB have been sacked; they should no longer speak for the Biafran people.

Read also: Splinter group emerges from IPOB, says Biafra unrealistic

“They are the same outfit and have nothing to offer Biafra. We warn that if Nnamdi Kanu , IPOB and the so-called TRIPOB continue their antics , RE-IPOB will be forced to make public the sponsors of the two groups.

RE-IPOB will not accede to the burning of the Biafran flag as the sacked TRIPOB planned. The Biafran flag is sacred to Biafrans.

“If the federal government is sincere in its dialogue with RE-IPOB, then the Biafran flag can be exchanged with the Nigerian flag in the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Security Adviser, Director of State Security and the Elders of Biafra.

“If the dialogue is fruitful; then a peace treaty and a ‘no victor no vanquished tree’ will be planted at Gakem where the first shot of the Nigerian Civil war started and at Amichi Nnewi, where the formal cessation of hostilities of the war began.”

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