Nnamdi Kanu arrive the
Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Spokesperson of MEND, Jomo
Gbomo, in a vitriolic statement, said: “The attention of the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been drawn to the recent spate of
hypocritical and provocative statements issued by the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu,”
The Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, today, took the leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to the cleaners, saying he agreed in
secret to renounce ‘Biafra’ in exchange for freedom, only to act hypocritically
in public after sealing discussion with MEND on the matter.
The group said the
IPOB/Kanu statements “purport to dissociate IPOB/Kanu from some of the concessions,
which have so far been secured by MEND in the ongoing talks aimed at resolving
the current Niger Delta crisis between the Federal Government and MEND.”
Its words, “MEND hereby
uses this opportunity to inform the entire world that following the group’s
ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government, Nnamdi Kanu has made it clear
that he is willing to renounce “Biafra” in secret; in exchange for his
freedom.”
“MEND and the Federal
Government have, however, flatly rejected the IPOB/Kanu hypocrisy to remain
defiant in public; while accepting to secretly renounce secession.
It asserted: “MEND,
therefore, urges the already frustrated and desperate Mr. Kanu and IPOB to
swallow their pride and make a public denunciation of ‘Biafra.’”
The group argued that the
public denunciation by Kanu was important so as not continue deceiving the
gullible donors and followers sold to the illusion of a ‘Biafra Republic’ that
aims to annex the Niger Delta region as part of its territory.
It said there was need for
them (donors and followers) to “become fully aware that the so-called ‘Biafra
Republic’ is merely a business venture and scam whose sole beneficiaries are
Kanu, directors of IPOB and their families and cronies.”
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