Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday evening decreed a new name for South-East and South-South Nigeria in his first broadcast since in over a year following his reappearance after escaping a deadly military raid on his country home in Umuahia, Abia State, and going underground.

“I decree that there is no longer South East or South South Nigeria; it shall be known as Biafra,”Kanu said in a live broadcast on the online Radio Biafra London.

He narrated how he escaped capture by the Nigerian military, gave a condition for the return to the Nigerian court where he is being tried for treason, expressed sympathy for his sureties and assured that he would be back home to rev up the secessionist struggle. Below is his broadcast:

“I promised the Zoo that I will be coming to Biafra and I came. I do not recognise the court of the Zoo, I want the people of the Middle Belt to rise and join IPOB.

“IPOB Military intelligence evacuated me from my compound when the Army of the Zoo attacked me. I am in Israel and the efficiency of MOSAD will be replicated in Biafra; we shall hunt everyone down to avenge the death of IPOB members.

“The Governor of Abia State directed the assault on my Father, who is a Monarch. I thank @realDonaldTrump and the government of Israel who stood by IPOB in our time of need, I thank Prof Ben Nwabueze who stood by me.

“I want to send my solidarity to @GovAyoFayose and assure him that Biafra will stand by him in this hour of need; we will have a special place for him in Biafra. I thank all my sureties that stood by me; my unavailability was forced on me.

“The Army of the Zoo killed my dog Jack and few other people in my compound. I am sorry for what my sureties are passing through but I want to assure them that they will have a special place in Biafra. I shall not be honouring the court.

“The notion that I jumped bail is a fallacy in Law. I did not jump bail. On the 14th of September 2017 the terrorists of the Zoo came to kill me; they know if I go to court Nigeria will burn and I was forced to leave. I did not jump bail.

“The Zoo called Nigeria cannot jail me. I will fight till the last day. Binta Nyanko’s court failed to ask @HQNigerianArmy why they invaded my home. Nigerian court is a kangaroo court. I did not jump bail; I left because the court failed to protect me.

“I am not a Nigerian. I already renounced Nigeria in 2015. I am a Biafran with British Nationality. I cannot be tried by a court I do not recognise. I do not recognise Nigeria. I can only come to the court with UN supervision.

“IPOB will liberate Biafra and we will not take part in any election until we get a referendum and this is not negotiable; we will achieve this by every necessary means. We thank Israel for all the contributions they made to IPOB.

“I owe my survival to the State of Israel.

“I decree that there is no longer South East or South South Nigeria; it shall be known as Biafra. Without referendum nothing will happen in Nigeria. IPOB will not participate in any election and that position will never change.

“IPOB is the largest mass movement in the whole world; we will not stop until Biafra is fully restored.

“Chukwu Okike Abiama has assured me that Biafra shall come, all collaborators will feel the full weight of the anger of the Biafran people.

“I am coming back to Biafra land soon and I will bring hell with me, the way it has never been seen before.”

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