Read about the Pro-Biafra secessionists paralyse activities in Onitsha
The protest by the members of Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday,
paralysed activities in the commercial city of
Onitsha, Anambra State.
The army of protesters with their banners and
placards marched on the ever busy Onitsha-
Enugu expressway for over two hours.
They were protesting against the continued
detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Mr.
Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government.
Though, they were peaceful and non-violence,
in their agitation for the actualisation of
Biafra, and the release of Kanu, they dared the
military, the police, and other security out fits.
The IPOB members marched from Niger
Bridge Head entry into Anambra State, where
the plaque of former Biafran warlord, late Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was built,
to Naval Outpost, Atani Road Ogbaru Local
Government Area.
They also, went back to Uga Junction, where
they again joined the Onitsha, Asaba-Enugu
expressway, down to Upper Iweka flyover.
At the Upper Iweka flyover bridge, they danced
for about 30 minutes and prevented vehicular
movement before their leaders directed that
they should allow the vehicles to move, but
slowly.
Some of the placards had inscriptions as
“Nigeria is a lawless land, and a terrorist
state,” “Biafra is a nation not a society,” “Free
innocent man, Nnamdi Kanu or there will be
no peace”, among others.
On their march towards Zik Roundabout, they
stopped in front of the Onitsha Military
Cantonment on the Onitsha-Enugu
expressway, danced, chanting anti-Federal
and Anambra State Government and Military
songs, demanding the release of Kanu.
Furthermore, they warned that if anything
happened to him, they would make Nigeria
ungovernable, before they left for Zik
Roundabout.
The group also stopped at Inosi Onira, the
home of First president of Nigeria, the late Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe, to pay homage to Zik’s
plaque built at the roundabout, and addressed
reporters.
According to the group’s spokesmen, who
gave their names as Emma Powerful and
Sunday Igbokenyi, from Okija, IPOB wondered
why Kanu should still be in detention after the
court had granted him bail.
They alleged that a ban had been place on all
the imported goods the Igbo were major
importers so as to humiliate them.
They added that IPOB was a non-violent
group and its members should not be treated
like criminals, when Federal Government was
petting the Boko Haram members.
Igbokenyi said that the people, who claimed
to be leaders of Ohaneze Ndigbo branches in
the Igbo-speaking states, were political
jobbers, who had been benefiting from
contracts and settlements from the Federal
and State governments.
IPOB insisted that such people could not
represent Ndigbo with their comments.
According to them, “whether the Ohaneze
Ndigbo, South East Governors and Igbo
traditional rulers and prominent Igbo who talk
from both sides of the mouth are castigating
and calling them names or not, we are
determined to achieve our objectives”
The IPOB members took their protest to
Ogbunike Toll Gate from where they turned
and marched to Awka Road and Old Market
Roads in Onitsha where they stopped
vehicular movement.
The protest by the members of Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday,
paralysed activities in the commercial city of
Onitsha, Anambra State.
The army of protesters with their banners and
placards marched on the ever busy Onitsha-
Enugu expressway for over two hours.
They were protesting against the continued
detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Mr.
Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government.
Though, they were peaceful and non-violence,
in their agitation for the actualisation of
Biafra, and the release of Kanu, they dared the
military, the police, and other security out fits.
The IPOB members marched from Niger
Bridge Head entry into Anambra State, where
the plaque of former Biafran warlord, late Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was built,
to Naval Outpost, Atani Road Ogbaru Local
Government Area.
They also, went back to Uga Junction, where
they again joined the Onitsha, Asaba-Enugu
expressway, down to Upper Iweka flyover.
At the Upper Iweka flyover bridge, they danced
for about 30 minutes and prevented vehicular
movement before their leaders directed that
they should allow the vehicles to move, but
slowly.
Some of the placards had inscriptions as
“Nigeria is a lawless land, and a terrorist
state,” “Biafra is a nation not a society,” “Free
innocent man, Nnamdi Kanu or there will be
no peace”, among others.
On their march towards Zik Roundabout, they
stopped in front of the Onitsha Military
Cantonment on the Onitsha-Enugu
expressway, danced, chanting anti-Federal
and Anambra State Government and Military
songs, demanding the release of Kanu.
Furthermore, they warned that if anything
happened to him, they would make Nigeria
ungovernable, before they left for Zik
Roundabout.
The group also stopped at Inosi Onira, the
home of First president of Nigeria, the late Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe, to pay homage to Zik’s
plaque built at the roundabout, and addressed
reporters.
According to the group’s spokesmen, who
gave their names as Emma Powerful and
Sunday Igbokenyi, from Okija, IPOB wondered
why Kanu should still be in detention after the
court had granted him bail.
They alleged that a ban had been place on all
the imported goods the Igbo were major
importers so as to humiliate them.
They added that IPOB was a non-violent
group and its members should not be treated
like criminals, when Federal Government was
petting the Boko Haram members.
Igbokenyi said that the people, who claimed
to be leaders of Ohaneze Ndigbo branches in
the Igbo-speaking states, were political
jobbers, who had been benefiting from
contracts and settlements from the Federal
and State governments.
IPOB insisted that such people could not
represent Ndigbo with their comments.
According to them, “whether the Ohaneze
Ndigbo, South East Governors and Igbo
traditional rulers and prominent Igbo who talk
from both sides of the mouth are castigating
and calling them names or not, we are
determined to achieve our objectives”
The IPOB members took their protest to
Ogbunike Toll Gate from where they turned
and marched to Awka Road and Old Market
Roads in Onitsha where they stopped
vehicular movement.
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