Biafra: Kanu storms Onitsha, defies Ohaneze on Anambra election
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nanmdi Kanu yesterday stormed the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state and restated his stand that there would be no election in Anambra state and the entire south east land if referendum was not conducted preparatory for the restoration of Biafra.
This was about twenty four hours after President of Ohaneze, Chief Nia Nwodo said on Channels Television that he and some Igbo leaders cautioned Kanu on his position on the November Governorship election in the state, saying ‘I told him it was wrong and not the proper way to go’.
Overall Leader of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
Nwodo was responding to a question on Kanu’s call for the boycott of the election in Anambra unless Nigeria conducted a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra.
Nwodo also said that the Igbo were for the restructuring of Nigeria and not a break up of the country, saying that Igbos had more stake in Nigeria than any other tribe.
‘In any Nigerian city outside the indigenes, Igbos are the next highest in population. And that is how their investments in such cities are too. But we must note that the agitations by the youth are caused by the injustice the Igbos have faced and are still facing in Nigeria,’ Nwodo said on television and made similar remarks in Abuja Thursday night. Some hours after this Kanu visited Onitsha and made remarks that appeared to undermine the position of Nwodo and the Igbo leaders who met in Enugu last week. See our cover stories from page 10 to page 14.
Kanu’s remarks yesterday debunked recent media reports which quoted him as saying that he had listened to advice and had now agreed that IPOB members would participate in the November 18 governorship election in the state.
Nnamdi Kanu
This was about twenty four hours after President of Ohaneze, Chief Nia Nwodo said on Channels Television that he and some Igbo leaders cautioned Kanu on his position on the November Governorship election in the state, saying ‘I told him it was wrong and not the proper way to go’.
Overall Leader of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
Nwodo was responding to a question on Kanu’s call for the boycott of the election in Anambra unless Nigeria conducted a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra.
Nwodo also said that the Igbo were for the restructuring of Nigeria and not a break up of the country, saying that Igbos had more stake in Nigeria than any other tribe.
‘In any Nigerian city outside the indigenes, Igbos are the next highest in population. And that is how their investments in such cities are too. But we must note that the agitations by the youth are caused by the injustice the Igbos have faced and are still facing in Nigeria,’ Nwodo said on television and made similar remarks in Abuja Thursday night. Some hours after this Kanu visited Onitsha and made remarks that appeared to undermine the position of Nwodo and the Igbo leaders who met in Enugu last week. See our cover stories from page 10 to page 14.
Kanu’s remarks yesterday debunked recent media reports which quoted him as saying that he had listened to advice and had now agreed that IPOB members would participate in the November 18 governorship election in the state.
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