The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disassociated itself from the scam, shambles, and charade called the Biafra Declaration of Finland by an infamous no-name group.
According to IPOB, there is no room for another Biafra declaration besides the one made by their eternal leader, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu, in 1967.
The group made this known in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Sunday.
Powerful noted that what IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, is doing is to restore the sovereignty of the declared Biafra independence that was forced to surrender due to genocide by the Nigerian and British governments.
He then called on the UN to supervise the referendum of Biafrans so that the declared sovereignty can be restored.
The statement reads, “The noble family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by the great and indomitable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, wishes to disassociate ourselves from the purported Biafra second declaration by an infamous no-name group. The so-called declaration is a scam.
There is no room for another Biafra declaration besides the one our eternal leader, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu, declared in 1967.
“IPOB wishes to commend responsible media organizations and social media bloggers in Nigeria and the diaspora who didn’t give attention to the mockery of the Biafra struggle by infiltrators in Finland and elsewhere.
However, it is imperative to inform the international community, Biafrans, friends of Biafra, and lovers of Biafra freedom that Biafra was declared by our eternal leader, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in 1967.
“Biafra cannot be declared for the second time by anyone. It is sad that some unscrupulous elements who failed in their mission to infiltrate and destroy IPOB went into the jamboree they claimed was Biafra’s second declaration outside the Biafra territory.
Biafrans and IPOB, in particular, are happy that the fanfare the infiltrators had in Finland this weekend was ignored by all responsible media organizations. Those involved in the event in Finland were among the sponsors of insecurity in the South East Region.
Their agenda is to destabilize the South East, divide the people, and divert the attention of Biafrans and those sympathetic to the Biafra struggle by making the genuine Biafra struggle unattractive to our people. They failed woefully.
“In the past, the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was pressured by enemies both within and outside to declare Biafra for the second time, but he refused. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a brilliant freedom fighter who understands the seasons and times, and the rules governing self-determination.
When those enemies failed to push Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB into an untimely and unnecessary Biafra declaration, they joined forces with a Nigerian government agent brought from Finland to destroy the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
They had already celebrated their foolishness, which they called the Biafra declaration in Finland last weekend. IPOB is an informed movement championing the restoration of Biafra sovereignty and freedom and cannot involve itself in self-deception or scamming people with the Biafra project.
All those involved in the illusion and self-deception called the Biafra declaration in Finland are criminals, uninformed, and fake agents.
“Only fools rush where angels fear to tread. The Biafra struggle is a spiritual matter because blood has been shed and sacrificed for this ultimate project. Any person, nation, or group who dares to obstruct the restoration of Biafra will pay a heavy price.
The Autopilot criminals, who are making money from some of their ignorant followers by making international mockery of the Biafra struggle, will all pay a price. IPOB will not come after them, but the blood of the fallen heroes of Biafra will chase and hunt them down.
“Therefore, Biafrans, friends of Biafra, and lovers of Biafra freedom must understand that the shambolic declaration of Biafra Independence in the faraway land of Finland is a scam. Those who funded infiltrators who gathered for a picnic in Finland have been scammed.
Now that the infiltrators and agents of provocateurs have declared their independence in Finland, we hope they will enjoy their freedom and stop interfering with IPOB’s peaceful struggle and engagement for the restoration of the Biafra Nation.
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“Again, we reiterate that our eternal leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declared Biafra Independence in Biafra Land in 1967. He and other Biafran men and women fought gallantly in an unprepared genocidal war to defend the declared territory of Biafra for three years.
General Dim Ojukwu had the support and backing of Ndigbo, Biafrans in general, and the Biafra Consultative Forum to declare Biafra Independence during that period. Heaven declared Biafra once, and though it was short-lived, the strength of that declaration is where IPOB stands to demand a UN-supervised referendum for Biafrans to decide their political future.
Therefore, the idiocy exhibited by a group of nincompoops in Finland recently, in the name of a Biafra declaration, is trash. It was a welcome development that they were ignored by the media and the public because they did not exist.
This press release is to keep the record straight and disassociate IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the idiocy exhibited in Finland called the Biafra second declaration. The Finland Biafra declaration is a pure scam by some agent provocateurs.”
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