Kanu: IPOB plans live broadcast of massive protest

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, may have concluded plans to resume protests in an effort to secure the release of its leader and director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

The group, that agitating for the creation of the State of Biafra, also indicated that it is working on a technology it will use to broadcast live images of its activities in Nigeria.

According to IPOB, its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu would stop accepting any food as long as he remains in detention, including those from close family members to avoid poisoning it by the Department of State Security, DSS, who they alleged always scrutinize his food before allowing it in.

The group, in a statement jointly signed by its spokesmen, Emma Mmezu and Dr Clifford Iroanya, said: “Many people are willing to die for Nnamdi Kanu so the Buhari led All Progressives Congress, APC Federal Government should tread carefully with the life of Mr. Kanu because hell will be let loose if anything happens to him; Nigeria will never be the same should anything untoward happens to Kanu.

“Our resumption of protest is imminent but for understandable reasons, we can’t give you details yet. We are putting in place our TV technology so the whole world will watch it live online and gain firsthand knowledge of the brutality of the Nigerian Army.

“We are IPOB and we do things in a unique way, so our next outing will shake the whole earth.
The worst mistake this government did is to arrest our leader and now they are beginning to discover how formidable we are.

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“Death to us is nothing, freedom for Biafra is everything. Those governors from southeast state who have decided to bring them selves out as argent of the APC led government in Nigeria will soon know the stuff IPOB is made of at the appropriate time”.

On the position of some South East Governors, IPOB said it does not expect elders and leaders of the zone to support them openly. The statement added that the group knows not all of the leaders are trust worthy and that IPOB worldwide decided to be doing and piloting the struggle without them at this point in time, “till the appointed time”.

Continuing, IPOB said: “There is serious plan to kill Mr. Kanu by his persecutors who are confused on what to do about the charges they preferred against him, just as they said they will resume their protests.

“We have advised our leader to reject every food, including those brought by close family members because the DSS that always scrutinize his food before allowing it in might poison the food.

“He will also not mix with other prisoners because we are aware that Interior Ministry officials working through the Prison Service have planted their agents pretending to be prisoners, in order to spy and report on him to DSS.

“We have eyes everywhere so we get regular reports on his health status. Nigeria knows the consequences should anything happen to our leader because in every family in Biafra lands are hardcore IPOB” they said.

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