The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has denied reports that he dropped his demand for the actualization of Biafra.
Speaking in Umuahia, Abia State capital, the IPOB leader said he could not have made such a pronouncement when there were no indications that the injustices against people of the South East could ever be addressed through restructuring.
The IPOB leader thus appealed to his followers and those sympathetic to the Biafra course to disregard the speculation.
Assuring them that the restoration of Biafra is not negotiable, he added that no amount of blackmail or intimidation will make him give up the struggle.
He stated that those who believe Nigeria could ever be restructured were living in self-illusion because “those benefiting from the current lopsidedness will stop at nothing in resisting any move towards restructuring.”
Nnamdi Kanu also stated that it is too late to restructure Nigeria “because those who think Nigeria is their estate have made restructuring impossible.”
The IPOB leader said advocates of restructuring would one day come to terms with realities but regretted that such realisation might be too late.
He added that he was born to restore Biafra and could not afford to fail God and his people who are yearning for emancipation.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and an expert In constitutional law, Prof. Nwabueze on Thursday claimed that Kanu has agreed to suspend the agitation for the secession, insofar as the campaign for restructuring was progressive.
Nwabueze revealed this at a news conference where he addressed some leaders of the Project Nigeria Movement – a socio-political group recently created to engage leaders of thought across all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria.
He said:
“Let me announce to you that Nnamdi Kanu has authorised me to tell Nigerians that if restructuring is progressive, he will persuade his group to suspend the demand for the Republic of Biafra and the plan to disrupt the 2019 general election.“But if the federal government refuses to fairly restructure in line with the people’s aspirations and yearnings, there will be trouble. Nnamdi Kanu will not be the one to cause the trouble. The trouble will be caused by those who are opposing the will of the sovereign people.”
He, therefore, called for “negotiated restructuring to be implemented through a new constitution” which, according to him, was the best assurance for the realisation of the collective desire for one Nigeria.
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