Hardship: Biafra fighting group declares ‘no protest’ in SoutheastÂ

A Biafra-fighting group has warned against any protest holding in the five Igbo-dominated states of the southeast of Nigeria.

The group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in its statement, said that the southeasterns were fed up with the Nigerian federation and would rather not take part in any protest against the rising cost of living.

IPOB’s caution comes in the wake of a similar one by Igbo socio-political umbrella, Ohaneze Ndigbo.

Albeit outlawed, the group through its shadowy spokesperson, Emma Powerful, explained the reason for its position.

It said, “Anyone who organises any protest against economic hardship in Biafraland will put Biafrans in danger.

“During the #EndSARS protest, the Federal Government accused Ndigbo of attempting to destroy Nigeria with violence. We don’t want such profiling and targeting to repeat because of Ndigbo’s participation in any Nigerian mass protest.

“Ndigbo should leave the current economic hardship in the contraption called Nigeria for Nigerians to deal with because this hardship is what God Almighty has in store for Nigeria for the crimes they have committed against Biafrans between 1967 to 1970 and up to date.

“We understand that Ndigbo are equally affected by the economic hardship arising from the reckless and thoughtless economic policies of the government, but God is still seeing Biafrans through.

“We are worried about the suffering of other tribes, but there is nothing we can do. The current situation is why Biafrans are fighting for freedom. Nevertheless, we must apply wisdom.

“Our region is battling the state-sponsored insecurity, kidnappings, and killings by the Federal Government’s agencies and agents, including terrorists. We have much on our hands to do.

“We will not allow anyone or any group to use the arrangement of protests to import more agents of destabilisation into our territory.”