Indigenes of Anambra State under the auspices of Anambra Peoples
Assembly (APA), yesterday denounced the leader of Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, and his struggle for secession.
The
Assembly, which declared that Anambra people will participate in the
forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state, warned biafra agitators
to maintain a distance from the state.
According to a statement
signed by its coordinator, Mazi Nnamdi Okorafor, the group noted that
the people of Anambra State are law-abiding and will not be dragged
along by any individual or group of persons.
“I will assume that
there are no men in Igbo land, if we allow a small boy to drag all of us
into war against Nigeria through hate speech,” he said.
Okorafor,
who noted that being Igbo does not automatically translate to
membership of IPOB, said Kanu is not a leader of the Igbos.
”Nnamdi
Kanu is making a fool of himself, very soon his paymasters will
distance themselves from him. He and his illiterate minions will be
dancing alone in the market square Unclad. Being Igbo does not mean you
are an IPOB member, neither does being an IPOB leader makes you the
leader of the Igbos,” he stated.
He also described Kanu as a
confusionist who suggest ideas capable of destroying lives, while he
left his family in United Kingdom.
”Let truth be told. But with
due respect to the right thinking and illustrious sons and daughters of
Abia State. Let me ask these questions, When did an Abia man become
wiser than the Anambra man to warrant a confusionist like Nnamdi Kanu to
order Anambra people not to vote while his Abia governor is still on
seat? Why would the good, wise and hard-working Anambra sons and
daughters listen to a guy man who kept his wife and kids in London come
here to suggest what is capable of destroying the lives of young Anambra
youths. Anambra people should not allow anybody to toy with their
future and destiny,” Okorafor added.
According to him; “We agree
that self-determination is the right of every person or group in
Nigeria, that being said. We hereby declare that Anambra state has
distanced self from Biafra struggle. All Biafra activists and agitators
are warned to leave Anambra and return to their various states of
origin. We are too big to be dragged along by any person or group of
persons. Anambra state indigenes and lawful residents will register and
participate fully in the forthcoming governorship elections of November
2017 in the state.”