Nnamdi
Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the
forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state will not hold until
the federal government agrees to a referendum.
The Radio
Biafra director expressed confidence that his quest for a sovereign state of
Biafra will come to fruition.
Kanu has
been agitating for a Biafra state, a struggle that had landed him in prison
until he was recently granted bail on strict conditions.
During his
recent visit to Enugu state, PUNCH reports that Kanu told journalists
he is not deterred in the struggle no matter what happens to him and/or IPOB.
Kanu
wondered why people think his insistence on the referendum would lead to
bloodshed, saying such could only be obtainable in Nigeria, “because those in
the political class are not educated enough to understand or distinguish
between self determination and war.
“There
will not be any election in Anambra on the 18th of November, 2017, and there
won’t be any going forward until they give me a date for a referendum.
“They know
what to do, it is very simple. They should convene a meeting, I attend or I
send my representative and they give us a date. That is very simple. That is
the only way we can have elections.
“If
Anambra doesn’t (boycott the) election on the 18th of November, the glory of
the Most High God will depart from them. I didn’t curse them. I asked them to
wake up and rise up to their responsibility as the head of not just Igboland
but Biafra and they must do that and vindicate us come the 18th of November
2017.
“I’m not
bothered (that Ohanaeze and other Igbo leaders have distanced themselves from
the call for election boycott) because the people are with us. We control the
people 100 per cent. And come to Anambra on the 18th of November, 2017, the
whole world will be amazed.
“Nobody
can stop us. We are unstoppable. I can say with every ounce of confidence,
Biafra will come, no matter what people do. We are fighting for our freedom.”
He said
the problem of poor education in Nigeria can be blamed for the recent quit
notice issued to Igbo by northern youth groups.
“That is
the issue I have with education in Nigeria. People are badly educated. You are
aware that Scotland is seeking to leave the United Kingdom? Are you remotely
implying that every person from Scotland who lives in England should now return
to Scotland,” he asked.
“Britain
just left the EU. Are you now implying that every British citizen in the EU
should come back to Britain in order to finalise that process of extraction of
Britain from the EU? It is an indictment of the education system in Nigeria
that people go through school and come out even more hopeless than when they
went into it.”
-The Cable
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