IPOB speaks on MEND, denies pact with group

– The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied having links with militants under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta

– In statement signed by the continental representative of IPOB members in Europe, the group said MEND is living in denial of the purpose for which it was set up

– IPOB also clarified that it is not a secret group and so will no renounce Biafra in secret

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that militants under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta is lacks an understanding of the purpose of freedom fighting.

A statement signed by Chika Edoziem, the continental representative for IPOB members in Europe said MEND is “a group of merchants whose stock in trade is to sell the birth right of the Biafran people in the mainland and the riverine areas for a pot of porridge.”

Edoziem said the group is living in denial of the purpose for which it was set up – the freedom of the people of Niger Delta.

On Monday, August 15, MEND in a statement said that the leader of the IPOB Nnamdi Kanu who is currently in prison custody had secretly agreed to renounce Biafra – a condition the group alleged Kanu opted for to speed up his release.

But Edoziem in his statement said MEND is back to what it knows best having exhausted blood money made through kidnappings, murder and accepting amnesty from slave masters.

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Edoziem said: “Wonders shall never end. How can the MOVEMENT FOR THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA ever imagine that the Indigenous People of Biafra led by “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will throw its honor to the dogs by allowing itself and its honorable objective of securing the freedom of the Biafran people be tainted by group of murderers and self-acclaimed criminals

“The indigenous people of Biafra IPOB under the leadership of “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a movement propelled by a clear ideology and the quest for the restoration of the sovereignty of Biafran Nation CANNOT I repeat CANNOT be compromised, CANNOT be watered down in any form or shape and CANNOT be exchanged by your so called “freedom”.

“The indigenous people of Biafra IPOB have seen groups like you who masquerade as champions of the interest of the Biafran people but are in reality instruments at the hands of the enemy,” Edoziem said.

He also said that the paid advert from MEND shows that the group understand that IPOB is not a secret society.

“Transparency is our watchword we do not enter into secret agreements or negotiations with acclaimed criminals and enemies of the Biafran people. 

“The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by “Onyendu” Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will not allow itself to be distracted by irritating house flies and publicity seeking agents of enslavement of the Biafra people.

“Our focus is total freedom of our people from the contraption called Nigeria, our objective is the restoration of the sovereignty of the Biafran nation and our determination is set in stone,” he said.

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