May 31, 2018
IPOB Press Statement
YOU, the people of Eastern Nigeria: Conscious
of the supreme authority of Almighty God over all mankind, of your duty to
yourselves and posterity. These were the very first words that, in 1967,
brought into being that great nation of Biafra, inspired by the indomitable
will of a people to resist evil, to resist genocide, and in defense of liberty.
It was an epoch in the lives of Biafrans of that generation and like no other
place in history, they stood shoulder to shoulder to defend their lives, their
land and their freedom. Many paid the supreme sacrifice. So, it lies within our
rights and conscience to never forget.
Decades after that dark episode in our history,
the same evil has again reared its head - maiming, killing and persecuting many
Biafrans since 2015. So, it is with a solemn commitment to the memory of our
fallen heroes; to freedom and self-determination, that we Indigenous People of
Biafra ordered this year's 'Sit At Home' in keeping with the edict handed to us
by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He charged us to always remember the 30th of
May each year and to keep it holy by sitting at home in perpetual remembrance
of all that fought and died for us.
And it is with a great sense of history and
gratitude to all Biafrans that we observed this year's event with resounding
success across Biafraland and all over the world. That it succeeded despite all
odds and machinations of the enemy, will make it go down in annals of history
as confirmation that IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is
exceptionally indefatigable and the dominant force across the entire East not
just Igboland. It is also confirmation that the vast majorities of our people
are with IPOB and remain committed to our collective pursuit of self-determination
for all.
It is pertinent to note that great nationalist
struggles throughout human history suffered one setback or the other. So, just
as in our own case, we are very much aware of all the attempts from within and
without to break the will of our people. There were threats, blackmail,
military reinforcements, threatened arrests, and a media blitz by the happy
slaves among us to scuttle this year's 'Sit At Home'. But like Dim Odumegwu
Ojukwu once said 'Biafra is of the mind', so no one can kill or suppress it.
How could anyone ever believe that it is possible to prevent us from
remembering and honouring our dead, our maimed, our persecuted? We appreciate
the fact that some governors such as Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Rochas Okorocha, Nyesom
Wike, Ifeanyi Okowa, Siriake Dickson, Udom Emmanuel and Ben Ayade did not
belittle their office by coming out to act as attack dogs for Arewa
Consultative Forum (ACF) as Umahi and Obiano did.
It is instructive that this year's 'Sit At
Home' is the very first since Arewa Consultative Forum, through a Fulani
Attorney General of the Federation and Fulani dominated judiciary, declared
IPOB a terrorist organization and proscribed it. So, if 'Buhari' has any sense
of reality left, he should ask himself why this civil disobedience succeeded if
indeed people believed IPOB is a terrorist group like Fulani herdsmen or Boko
Haram.
Buhari' should take lessons from apartheid-era
South Africa which also proscribed and declared the African National Congress
of Nelson Mandela a terrorist organization. He should also remember Jomo
Kenyatta's MAU MAU which the colonial authorities proscribed and declared a
terrorist organization. In both countries, freedom and self-determination
triumphed in the end when both Mandela and Kenyatta emerged from prison and
tribulations to lead their countries and people.
So, as Asaba, Owerri, Enugu, Igweocha, Aba,
Onitsha, and all Biafraland sat at home this 30th May 2018, we are emboldened
that, like in South Africa and Kenya, it is only a matter of time before IPOB
prevail and lead our people to freedom. It is a duty we owe to the dead,
ourselves and to posterity.
May God bless and protect all Biafrans
everywhere.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY
SECRETARY FOR IPOB
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