Nnamdi
Kanu might be secretly biting his fingers in the corners of his room
following an alleged act of betrayal by members of his group.
A group, under the umbrella of Federalist Movement of Nigeria has
stated that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are
decamping to other separatist groups since the court declared it a
terrorist group.
The group therefore called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to
immediately bring the weight of the law to bear on criminal elements
that were hiding under agitation against marginalization to breach the
constitution and the extant laws of the land.
FNM made this know via a statement signed by its convener, Emmanuel Ogah and obtained by DAILY POST on Wednesday.
The group said that the call became imperative following reports
that many members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have started
migrating to other separatist groups that are becoming virulent and
could soon continue acts of aggression from where IPOB stopped before
the court ordered that it is a terror group.
Ogah said, the Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) led by one Benjamin
Igwe Onwuka, having been swelled in membership by defecting IPoB
members, is now ramping up its purveyance of hate speech and incitement
to violence in the fashion of the terrorist group.
He said, “Onwuka, speaking as BZF leader, is calling for
attacks on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) – Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai and
the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, including threatening
them with trial at the International Criminal Court on a shallow basis.
“Onwuka, who clearly forgot that only those who have wronged
the people will go to prison, must be reminded that history would
acknowledge Alhaji Lai Mohammed and General Buratai as heroes especially
in the way they discharged their sacred responsibility of upholding
good governance in Nigeria and by extension in Africa.
“Much as Onwuka’s BZF and other miscreants are angry that the
Nigerian Army has tamed them and prevented them from continuing to
unleash mayhem on innocent citizens or to continue their regime of
criminality, they must realize that no country gives free passes to
terrorists, extremists, secessionists and separatists to oppress the
law-abiding populations.
“Onwuka, BZF, and other separatists have the penchant for
pegging their ill-conceived demand on the notion that they can get other
nations to interfere in the affairs of Nigeria. This rabble must
therefore be schooled to understand that responsible leaders deal head
on with criminality irrespective of the barrage of propaganda and
sponsored outcry by criminals and their backers.
“We recommend the words of Detective Chief Superintendent
Martin Snowden, the head of counter-terrorism policing in North East
England, to the Federal Government, Biafra separatists and terrorists
alike. Snowden said of the arrests: “Those who promote extreme
views are looking to divide our communities and spread hatred. This will
not be tolerated and those who do so must be brought to justice.”
The group urged the government of Nigerian and it’s military to pay
no heed to the threats from those they tagged as misguided elements
that think agitation for restructuring or secession confers immunity for
breaking the law.
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