Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the November 18 governorship election in Anambra state will not hold if the federal government fails to conduct a referendum on Biafra.
Speaking at his father’s palace in Afara Ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia state, Kanu threatened that members of his group might also boycott the 2019 general election.
He also said Biafrans were ready to go to prison if the federal government did not grant their request of having a republic.
“If the federal government does not agree with us on a date for referendum, there will be no elections in the southeast, we are starting with Anambra come November this year. There will be no governorship election in Anambra state,” Kanu said.
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“In 2019, the whole of Biafra land will not vote for any president. There will be no senator, there will be no house of reps, there will be no house of assembly and there will be no councilor-ship elections in Biafra land if the federal government fails to call for a referendum.
“Nigerian government should build as many prisons as possible to jail all Biafrans because there is no going back and we are ready to go prisons unless the federal government gives us Biafra.
“We are not like any other people. People like us don’t come twice. That’s why I know that with the last breath in this very body that Biafra will be restored. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Tell them that’s what I said. Nobody on this earth can stop Biafra.”
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Kanu, who is standing trial for treason, was granted bail in April after two years in detention. Part of his bail condition is not to be seen in a crowd.
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I love this guy! Ride on bro gat yar back
really, u got his back.
I haven’t seen a nation so lousy, unseriou and misguided as biafran. The Arewa youths have boldly tell them to go with their biafra, what else do they want from Nigeria?
It’s kind of a confusing story line – Biafra and the Nigerian Government. Wish it works out to favour them both
One nigeria is a fraud
Kanu is so ignorant! He thinks he can wish away constitutionality. This man is so uneducated, little wonder the quality of his narrative is so poor.
The quality of the whole narrative is poor; On the one hand can you justify the jailing of a man based on his poor narrative of the situation? On the other how did a country once living in peace throw up this plethora of disguntlement amongst its citizens? We are all finally coming to face the question of whether the peace we once enjoyed was a peace of the graveyard. Instead of faulting the structure of narrative in one person I think we should wise up to the whole narrative : It is time for a new narrative to save the situation or remain bewildered by what it might birth.
U are Right My Niggi
This fellow is overdoing this thing. Let him stop deceiving people and making them lose their lives in pursuit of a phantom (which is what this Biafra thing is for now). Let us work and struggle for true federalism – fiscal and political. This is what the country needs, not rabble rousing.
I am igbo man from Imo state but honestly speaking, this guy has no idea of what he wants in reality. If Biafra was still a possible thing to achieve, why did Odumegwu Ojukwu abandoned it and wanted to become a Nigerian president after wasting Biafran souls in the civil war? I guess that he must have regretted what he did then. Who told this Nnamdi Kalu that in division we will stand? don’t you know that Nigeria is too big for one man to divide? or you are trying to waste more souls like your predecessor Ojukwu did? I guess this man called Nnamdi kalu did not witness the Nigerian civil war then, if not, he can not be here making senseless comments. Why not tell us that you have now become a terrorist and want to dominate as much ignorant igbos as possible just to waste their lives at the end. Just bear it in mind that you are fighting for yourself not for Biafra. Stop brain-washing my igbo brothers with your senseless arguments.
If you are looking for war please go and join the terrorists if you haven’t yet done so. We the Biafra people are the people of peace, one love and harmony. If you were such a good citizen, you will always pray for peace and understanding among all Nigerians. For you saying that the igbos are marginalized means that you have no clue of what you mean.
Which tribe in Nigeria as a whole has the most successful individuals? in case you do not know, the answer is Ndi IGBO. If we were not marginalized (as you said) how could we have become great? Do you now know better than your Creator GOD who created the great Nigeria as 1 nation?
Ndi Igbo have made Nigeria proud individually in many aspects. So how do you explain your own marginalization? is the esatern region not governed by our own IGBo brother’s what have they done for the Igbos and the Igbo community? don’t they receive revenue allocations? where does it go? Our problem as Igbos is our own IGBO brothers.
Let us see if you will succeed in dividing what God almighty has put together as one Nation.
Man you need to be wise
Did Kanu seeking for fight?
Come to Europe some countries
Here is just two million people
The issues with Biafra are numerous.
1. The map of Biafra is not realistic.
2. A positive referendum is an assumption.
I would advise the government to address the issues and open up the option of a referendum to clear their doubts.
Is this guy aware that the Igbos have substantial real estate holdings all over Nigeria?
Must we reduce this discussion on Biafra to quit notice, breakaway, progrom and possible war?
Citing Igbo folks owing properties in other cities is not a good defence against the agitation, can a Nigeria not be able to own property in Ghana, US, UK etc?
We, as people need to review some of the fault lines; resource control, population manipulation, ethnic & religious bias etc.
How many of us are in this country, why is it difficult to have an honest census, why are we still not addressing the destructive rampages by the herdsmen which some folks in the north chooses to confused themselves with rustling narrative. How can a man business be used to destroy another man’s business?
Rauching offers a better options to obnoxiously free cattle herding, so why is that some northerners appears to be against this wise alternative?
Can a farmer go to another person’s farm and start destroying crops without the law having her course?
The biggest problem is our passive economical contribution to the wealth of the nation by us Nigeria, oil and gas that currently supports the nation are under non Nigerian actors which is actually the nation’s biggest challenge, why are we not productively engaged? This is the crux of our problem. Why are we still preferring revenue sharing instead of revenue generation?
I’ll love to see a better Nigeria that supports all her citizens instead of some that is fueling the agitation.
With Referendum or not Anambra state must have their election whether they like it or not. we are going and must reach the final destination