The
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that
elections will be boycotted in the South East states starting with the Anambra
State gubernatorial elections scheduled for November 18 if the Federal
Government fails to hold referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra.
“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”, Mr. Kanu said while addressing a crowd of
protesters in his father’s compound in Abia state.
It is not clear when the video was shot. If it
happened after Mr. Kanu’s release from detention in April, then it would appear
a violation of conditions set by Justice Binta Nyako when she granted Mr. Kanu
bail in April.
Mr. Kanu, who is facing charges of treasonable
felony at the Federal High Court in Abuja, has been at the vanguard of the call
for an independent Biafra Republic from the Nigerian state.
In granting him bail in April after more than a
year in detention, Justice Nyako listed 12 conditions, including an order for
Mr. Kanu to avoid being seen in a crowd of more than 10 people.
The court also instructed that Mr. Kanu desist
from granting interviews or engaging in any form of rallies as part of his
conditions for bail.
However, in the 16 minutes, 21 seconds video
posted on Youtube, Tuesday, Mr. Kanu who is seen speaking to a congregation of
Biafran supporters also said there would be no form of election in the
Southeast during the 2019 general elections, stressing that he would not relent
in his agitation for Biafra.
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