The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to come to Enugu, which it described as capital of Biafra, on Thursday, December 22, 2016. It was learnt that the Nigerian President has been invited to an official event in Enugu, the capital old Eastern Nigeria.

IPOB said Buhari is not fit to set his foot on 'Biafraland' because of alleged atrocities, adding that those who invited the Nigerian number one citizen to Enugu would face the greatest embarrassment of their life.

In a statement issued by Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, spokespersons of IPOB, and made available to News Express, the group alleged that the Nigerian President has committed “a lot of atrocities against Biafrans.”

The full statement of the group reads:

“The Indigenous Persons of Biafra has received information that Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari who committed treason on December 31, 1983, and was rewarded with Nigeria’s Presidency after 32 years, will be visiting Enugu-Biafraland on the 22nd of December, 2016.

“We assert that inviting a persecutor of Biafrans to our land is an insult to the memory of those lost their lives. Therefore, we object totally to this visit by the killer of Biafrans. We recall that Buhari started his killing of Biafrans with the assassination of Major General J. T. U. Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29, 1966. He followed up with the mass-murder of over two million Biafrans in 1968 at Owerri during the war of genocide on Biafra by Nigeria and Britain. From June 17, 2015, till date, Buhari has killed over two thousand unarmed and peaceful Biafrans.

“We warn any governor or Igbo politician that receives Buhari in Enugu will have himself or herself to blame. We make it public that should there be a breakdown of law and order in Enugu on the 22nd of December, greedy Igbo politicians will have themselves to blame.

“Any Igbo governor or politician that is found among those hobnobbing with Buhari the killer of Biafrans becomes an enemy of the people and shall pay dearly for it.

“Until all those detained are released, and Amnesty International report investigated, Buhari is not allowed into any part of Biafraland. Let Buhari know that if he (Buhari) comes to Enugu or any part of Biafraland, we will die with him there.

“We are calling on all Biafrans to descend on Enugu on the said date to show our anger and displeasure at this attempt by some greedy Igbo men to insult the memory of our glorious dead and those still in detention with our leader.

“Should Buhari attempt to set foot on Enugu soil everybody involved, from Bart Nnaji to Governor Ugwuanyi will regret it. These criminal Igbo politicians without any iota of shame must know that Buhari is the Grand Patron of the terrorist Fulani Herdsmen that have been rampaging and killing our people in Enugu and other parts of Biafraland in the name of Islam.

“Buhari is the person behind the rise of the terrorist Fulani Herdsmen and must be made to know that we Biafrans are not in support of sponsors of terrorism. We are the children of the Most High God and do not associate with mass murderers like Buhari. Therefore we don't want him anywhere around our sacred land.

“Any Governor or Igbo politician who is stupid enough to invite Buhari into our capital will be taught a lesson that will reverberate in history. They should try us and see.

A word is enough for the wise!”

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