By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has assured Christians living in the North that they will be granted automatic settlement rights in the new Biafra at the implosion of Nigeria.

A statement issued on Tuesday by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, quoted Kanu as saying that Biafra will not allow Northern Christians “who are currently at the mercy of marauding Fulani Islamic terrorists” to be roasted by the Sharia North.

He said: “Under divine oath, any Northern Christian willing to live in Biafra land can come and settle. Northern Christians shall be granted political asylum in Nigeria to pursue their legitimate careers.

“I promise to give free oil and gas to Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast, the Gambia and other countries in West Africa and Africa at large. This is to prove to them that the agitation for Biafra autonomy is not driven by the quest to control oil money. Rather our struggle for self rule is borne out of our desire to set the entire black race free from subjugation.

“Biafra wants to have neighbours that are free and peaceful so they can also benefit from our prosperity and enterprise. The independence of Biafran is the beginning of freedom for the black race!

“An independent Biafra will defend Indigenous communities in Nigeria against Fulanisation and attack by terrorists.”