ABA- Over 5,000 members of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, today embarked on a
protest march in Aba, Abia state, threatening
that nobody can stop the actualization of a
sovereign state of Biafra.
The group, who wore black attire and Biafra
emblems, marched from the Ariaria
International Market through Faulks road to
Okigwe road.
A cross section of them who spoke to
newsmen said
they were protesting the
statement allegedly made by President
Muhammadu Buhari that he would crush
Biafra.
They threatened that there will be no peace
in Nigeria until freedom is granted to an
independent state of Biafra. “We are
protesting against President Buhari’s
statement that he will crush Biafra.
We want to assure him that nobody can
assure Biafra, not even a thousand Buharis.
It will surprise him that Biafra will be
actualized during his reign as Nigeria’s
President.
Buhari supports Western Sahara and
Palestine to be granted sovereignty while he
continues to suppress Biafra. Is this double
standard? In fact, Buhari will be the last
President of Nigeria.”
The protest which was peaceful caused
heavy gridlock along the dilapidated Faulks
road causing motorists to move at snail
speed while others diverted to other routes.
While, the protest lasted, police patrol teams
moved round the city while soldiers were on
standby to provide security.
Efforts to contact the spokesman of the
Abia state Police Command, DSP Ezekiel
Onyeke, proved abortive as at the time of
filing this report.
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