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IPOB stages worldwide protest September 23
The Indigenous People of Biafra said it is staging worldwide protest on September 23, and has called on all Igbo and those who believe in the struggle to participate.
The group however said the protest will not take place in Nigeria. Instead, it called all who believe in the ideology all over the country, to sit at home on that day.
IPOB said it is using the protest to call on leaders all over the world to ask Nigerian Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to free the group leader, Nnamdi Kanu who has been kept in detention even after he was granted bail and met his bail condition.
The group stated this in a press statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful.
Part of the statement read, “The IPOB worldwide protest will take place in all the countries across the globe, except in Biafra land and Nigeria where church services will be held. Every IPOB member and other Biafrans living in Nigeria and Biafra land will stay in their homes on that day.
“We also advise every Biafran to switch off their communication devices, especially mobile phones, on that day from 8am to 4pm in solidarity. This will let the world know including communication companies that Biafrans are serious towards the release of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and the restoration of the ancient and sacred sovereignty of God’s nation, Biafra.”
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