*Says Biafra will be achieved in less than one year
*”These agitators have played into Nigeria’s hands”
*Agitations in country acts of conspiracy – Respondent
Speaking further he said, “As for Madu and all of the organisers of the Enugu rally where Lagos and Abuja were declared as part of Biafra, arrest should be effected immediarely. What is the government waiting for? Buhari is the only confidence that Nigerian masses have who will never play politics with the life of Nigeria and its citizens. He should use that goodwill now to declare war on these Biafra agitators, clampdown in them regardless of which civil society or media is supporting them and put a stop to the senseless finally.”
When the thief is let on for a long time, he will soon develop to being the accuser of the farm owner calling him the thief, so says Yoruba adage.
This appears to have actualised in real sense of practice as the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra , Comrade Kingsley Madu , on Thursday, declared that Lagos , Nigeria ’ s capital territory , Abuja , and other cities where Igbo reside and own major investments are all part of ‘ Biafraland’.
In an address, Madu saud, “Pro-Biafra groups have adopted a new ideology which stated that any part of the country where a large population of Igbos is found , and where Igbos contributed towards human and material development, is part of Biafra.”
According to him, ‘Biafrans’ do not want to ‘confine ’ themselves to a particular place.
The new development may have confirmed the worries of some patriotic Nigerians, who saw it as an insult that Madu recently declared a State of Biafra and formed a government cabinet with Charles Soludo, Pat Utomi and others who never denied their involvement in the “treason”, as well as armed forces of same “State of Biafra” with its own “generals” still operating within Nigeria.
The MASSOB leader, Madu, made the new declaration at Awgu , in Enugu , during a rally organised to welcome the leader of another pro-Biafra group , the Biafra National Guard , addressed as ‘ General ’ Innocent Oji.
Oji was recently released from detention.
The ‘Biafra National Guard’ is said to be the ‘military wing’ of the pro-Biafra groups .
Addressing the rally, Madu made the announcement in reaction to the alleged sacking of Igbo traders from a portion of land at Trade Fair and FESTAC in Lagos.
He said the affected traders were evicted by Lagos State Government after they had invested billions of naira in developing the area.
Igbo would not be forced out in any part of Nigeria , where they invested lots of resources to develop, Madu vowed.
Stressing that Lagos and Abuja are part of Biafra , he said , “Some years back a portion of land at Trade Fair and FESTAC were conceded to our people for development in Lagos .
“After spending billions of naira in developing this part of Lagos for the economic growth of Nigerian government , today information reaching us is that the Federal Government , conniving with the Lagos State Government , yesterday retrieved the land , the platform , all the investment and everything from the people of Biafra.
“This is part of the reason for Biafra agitation.
“And we are warning because we now believe that everywhere an Igbo man is is part of Biafra.
“That is the latest ideology we have.
“We don ’ t want to confine ourselves to a particular place ; we now believe that wherever our foot touches is our land that is Biafra .
“ Lagos is also Biafra , Abuja is also Biafra .
“ Anywhere our people are that place is Biafra .
“ So what we are saying now is that that part of Lagos that our people developed with their money is also part of Biafra and we cannot leave . ”
The MASSOB leader, however, advised Igbos to locate their investments in the ‘ Biafra mainland’ , South – East and South – South , where they are guaranteed safety and protection .
He welcomed Oji back home after several years in detention.
Earlier, Oji , leader of “Biafra National Guard,” commended Madu for carrying on with the struggle while he was incarcerated .
Oji declared that Biafra will be achieved in less than one year .
The Biafra military wing leader warned that any attempt by the Federal Government to arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu, who he described as ‘ Supreme Leader ’ , would be met with stiff resistance.
“ By the grace of God , this struggle will not last beyond one year from now because we have our strategy .
“But if the Federal Government feels we cannot do anything let them go and arrest our supreme leader, Nnamdi Kanu, for them to see what we can do, ” he said.
Some Nigerians, who reacted to the latest development coming from the Igbo people in a country that has a Constitution with enforcers and armed forces, warned that the Federal Government’s continued watch of “the Igbo characters now doing worse than Boko Haram’s hoisting of flag on Nigerian territory before Buhari came and used the military to flush them out” may be laying a bad precedence unless action is taken without further delay.
One of them said, “All Buhari needs to do at this time is to declare a state of emergency in any state where Biafra agitation is staged any longer and send his Bill afterward to the National Assembly”.
Speaking further he said, “As for Madu and all of the organisers of the Enugu rally where Lagos and Abuja were declared as part of Biafra, arrest should be effected immediarely. What is the government waiting for? Buhari is the only confidence that Nigerian masses have who will never play politics with the life of Nigeria and its citizens. He should use that goodwill now to declare war on these Biafra agitators, clampdown in them regardless of which civil society or media is supporting them and put a stop to the senseless finally.”
Others who confided in The DEFENDER on this declared that the nation could no longer tolerate the indiscipline that some agents of #CcorruptionFightBack are exercising in the name of wanting to seceed.
They said, “You must first submit the loots you made from Nigeria before you even make any case at all for succession if at all it is necessary. All the agitations are nothing but activities of conspirators,” they said.
