The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has started sharing flyers and posters across the Southeast to notify residents that the sit-at-home exercise in the region has been cancelled.
The separatist group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful who revealed that the decision was taken in line with its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s directive.
He added that sit-at-home will also never again be invoked or deployed as a tool of civil disobedience in the group’s quest for self-determination.
The statement read; “This is to inform Biafrans about the flyers and posters being distributed all over the South-East conveying our leader’s famous pronouncement canceling Monday sit-at-home, and to inform the good people of Biafrans that sit at home is not only dead, but will never again be invoked or deployed as a tool of civil disobedience in our quest for self determination.
“It is to be stated for the umpteenth time, for those who may feign ignorance of the laws governing the conduct expected of IPOB family worldwide that our supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered the permanent end to Monday sit-at-home in Biafraland and anybody seen enforcing this illegal and non-existent Monday sit-at-home will be apprehended and summarily dealt with on the spot.
“These criminal elements are not working for Biafra restoration nor the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is unlawfully detained in the DSS solitary confinement in Abuja Nigeria.
“Those purporting to be running a Biafra Government in Exile group from somewhere in Finland also known as Autopilot are not IPOB members and their activities do not represent the views of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and rank and file IPOB membership nor the ESN operatives.
“Moreso, it is a shame to the memory of our brave martyrs that gave their lives for the emancipation of Biafra that individuals that never led ordinary street protest in Biafraland or anywhere in the world in support of Biafra restoration can claim to lead our people. This is an absolute disgrace.
“Whoever is foolish enough to associate with such fraudulent social media scam called Government in exile (Autopilot) is doing so at his or her own risk and must not link Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB to it.
“Biafraland is owned by Biafrans and it’s the responsibility of all Biafrans to protect the land from government sponsored agents and armed criminal gangs hiding under the revered name of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Biafra.
“We encourage Biafrans to help in the distribution of the flyers, posters to communities, hinterlands and cities in Biafraland signifying the requim mass for the senseless Monday sit-at-home.
“Anybody apprehended enforcing any sit-at-home is a goner. The Finland based criminal will not save you.”
On his part, the Finland-based self-aclaimed insists that all “Biafrans should disregard any flyer being distributed by IPOB of Nigeria.
We are the IPOB of Biafra and we have not cancelled the sit at home until our demands are met.
Our demand is that Nigeria must release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, free all Biafra prisoners in Nigeria and fix a date for Biafra referendum