BIAFRA IPOP

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared its readiness to meet with the Nigerian government for negotiations and dialogue on the peaceful exit of Biafra from Nigeria through a United Nations, UN-supervised referendum.

IPOB started peaceful agitation for Biafra independence in 2012. However, the agitation took a different and disturbing dimension in 2015 when IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested by the Buhari-led administration.

Kanu’s arrest sparked widespread protests across the South-East region and some cities in South-South including Asaba and Port Harcourt.

IPOB in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said though the federal government, through the security agencies, has levied war against the group and brutally attacked its members while on peaceful protests, it remains open to dialogue.