Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has urged politicians and businesspeople in the Southeast to put an end to all forms of violence and tension in the region.
Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) since June 2021, conveyed the message through his lawyers, who paid him a visit last Thursday.
According to a statement issued yesterday by IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful, Kanu expressed concern that some politicians and businessmen are recruiting criminals to devastate the region and blame it on the group.
In the statement, Kanu was also said to have warned ‘fake’ IPOB members to stop causing trouble in Igboland.
The statement reads in part: “Our leader issued a stern warning to those who are contracted and bought by the criminals believing that they are IPOB members and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s disciple to foment trouble in the Eastern region to desist from being agents of destabilisation because they cannot succeed.
“Kanu said that nobody should disturb or threaten the people this festive season. Our enemies’ plans are to destabilise Igboland using IPOB and ESN’s names as enemies of the Biafra struggle, but they have failed woefully. We have defeated them completely.”
Kanu also urged IPOB leadership to ensure that “our land is peaceful and ESN (Eastern Security Network) operatives should focus on making our land peaceful and crime-free this festive season and ordered that anybody seen or caught kidnapping, snatching people’s cars, or terrorising our people in any way should be dealt with.”
