By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the call by the Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Bello Masari, on residents of the state to arm and defend themselves against bandits as a vindication of its leader’s call on Nigerians “and particularly Biafrans to defend themselves against the jihad Fulani terrorists”.

A statement on Saturday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the call by Masari “is a clarion call on South East governors who do not understand the tactics and gimmicks which Fulani are playing in their desperation to conquer and islamise indigenous people living in Nigeria.”

It called on South East governors and political elite to stop living in the past, wake up from their slumber and decode the obvious signals of the call by Masari.

The statement partly reads: “This call by the Katsina State Governor has vindicated our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who has been consistently advising Nigerian and particularly Biafrans to defend themselves against the jihad Fulani terrorists. Our leader is the man who saw tomorrow, everything he said has fully happened.

“Our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu saw this and knew that a time like this would come. He formed a very formidable security outfit by December 2020, and the gallant Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives will always live up to their mandate.

“We blame our governors in the South East and South South for failing to constitute security outfit to protect our land and people in it. The governors still believe whatever Fulani governors tell them without actually knowing that they are secretly making efforts to use bandits, killer herdsmen, Boko Haram terrorists and other terrorist groups operating in the North to overrun Nigeria.

“The recent state position of the Katsina State Governor has proven what our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was saying about Fulani and their agents. Now is the time to stand together and resist them. If the indigenous nations in Nigeria fail to stand now, they may never stand again.

“Let Nigerians prepare because the much talked about Fulani agenda is about to be fully executed. Our Leader Nnamdi Kanu warned Nigerians but they called him terrorist instead of appreciating him. The Fulani are bent on making Nigeria to another Afghanistan. You may doubt it but watch out for it. The signs are obvious.”

IPOB however gave assurance that the planned islamisatiom will not succeed in Biafra land, adding: “We are prepared to repel Fulani in their quest to take over our ancestral land. IPOB is peaceful but they should not dare us or take our peaceful disposition for weakness.”