Ahead of his impending visit to the South-East to attend the opening session of the South-East Economic Summit slated for Thursday, December 22, the I
Ahead of his impending visit to the South-East to attend the opening session of the South-East Economic Summit slated for Thursday, December 22, the Indigenous People of Biafra, have warned President Muhammadu Buhari to stay away from ‘Biafra land’ or have himself to blame for the outcome of any such visit. Besides warning Igbo governors and political leaders against hosting the President in Enugu where the Summit is expected to take place or at any other part of South East, the group have also released a communique stating their reason for asking him to cancel his planned visit.
In a statement signed by its spokespersons, Emma Nmezu, a lawyer and Dr. Clifford Iroanya, the secessionist group warned that the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and other leaders would be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state if Buhari went ahead to visit the Coal City. The pro-Biafran group allege that Buhari was a ‘killer and persecutor’ of Igbo and should not be allowed to visit the geopolitical zone.
In the statement, it states that “The Indigenous People of Biafra have received information that Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) will be visiting Enugu on the 22nd of December, 2016. We object totally to this visit. We warn that any governor or Igbo politician that receives Buhari in Enugu will have himself or herself to blame. We make it public that should there be a breakdown of law and order in Enugu on the 22nd of December, greedy Igbo politicians will have themselves to blame. Any Igbo governor or politician that is found among those hobnobbing with Buhari becomes an enemy of the people and shall pay dearly for it.”
In addition, the group in the statement demanded an investigation into the Amnesty International report, which accused the army of mass killing of Biafra activists and urged all pro-Biafra activists to be in Enugu on December 22 to show their anger over Buhari’s visit, their displeasure at an attempt by some Igbo leaders to insult the memory of the dead and those still in detention with their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
