The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB has disagreed with Ohanaeze Ndigbo over its call for Amnesty for its members, saying that the call is misguided, baseless, and lacks understanding of what it stands for and needs.

The pro-biafra group said that it is not a militant or criminal group but a self-determination agitation group that has not waged war against the federal government of Nigeria, irrespective of all their provocations, noting that it is not fighting to control vast resources in South East that will warrant giving amnesty to its members.

While IPoB appreciates Ohanaeze Ndigbo for calling for the release of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it said that the Igbo socio,-cultural organization should be calling for a United Nations supervised referendum to determine if the people of South East still want to be in Nigeria.

IPoB’s statement read, “The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, worldwide disagrees with the statement of Ohaneze Ndigbo President, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanu, who was appealing to the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and grant IPoB members Amnesty.

“As much as we appreciate his call for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, his request for Federal Government of Nigeria to grant IPoB members Amnesty is misguided, baseless, and lacks understanding.

“What IPoB needs is the release of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, and a UN supervised Biafra Referendum.

We totally disagree with Ohaneze Ndigbo and Chief Iwanyanwu, on their call of a baseless amnesty because IPoB members are not militants and criminals waging war against Nigeria.

“We are a self-determination agitation group. We have not waged war against the Federal government of Nigeria irrespective of all their provocations. We are not fighting to control our vast resources. We are unarmed freedom fighters for the sovereignty and Independence of the people of Biafra to save our lives”. (Vanguard)

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