Biafra: MASSOB Insists Kanu Will Lead Dialogue With FG

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB),on December 10, declared
that any dialogue with the Federal Government must be
lead by the detained Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi
Kanu.

Nnamdi appearing in court recently
The statement by MASSOB is coming on the heel of
reported ongoing dialogue on behalf of the group by some
South-South and South-East leaders with the federal
government.

The group’s director of information, Edeson Samuel, made
their stance known at a press briefing in Enugu, which
was also attended by Ugwuoke Ibem Ugwuoke, MASSOB
Secretary General.
They insisted that nobody had their permission or that of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to negotiate on
their behalf with the federal government.
The group stated that any dialogue regarding Biafra
agitation must be lead by Kanu who is presently in the
custody of the Department of state services (DSS), Daily
Post reports.

The group said:“ There is new development; we want to
react on the so-called dialogue between Nigeria government
and some people who claimed they are representing us.
“We were shocked to learn that some Northern leaders and
Senator Godswill Akpabio met and discussed about our
agitation.

“These persons that sat in Abuja, even the people from the
South-East, we disown them; we don’t know them; before
you discus, you must first of all discus with those on the
street; we don’t know Akpabio, we don’t know Dozie Ikedife
as far as this matter is concerned; Ikedife is not part of
what we are doing; he has shown hatred for Nnamdi, so
how can he meet with government to discus Nnamdi?”
“We also understand that Ikedife’s Bilie Human Right
Initiative has their own agenda, they have firm belief in
Nigerian constitution; we, the MASSOB members don’t have
belief in Nigeria’s constitution because it is a fraud against
our people.

“The MASSOB and other pro-Biafra groups advise Bilie
Human Right Initiative to retract their belief in Nigeria
constitution because this ties our hand to unknown law
against our people.

“For the past one month, we have been protesting
peacefully over Nnamdi’s release; if Nigerian government is
sincere over dialogue, they must meet with the leaders of
MASSOB and the IPOB.
“It is curious that Akpabio, who disowned us, who said that
Akwa Ibom is not part of Biafra, now wants to negotiate on
our behalf, this is fraud; we are advising the Nigerian
government not to take them serious, we shall continue our
peaceful and non violent protest.
“We have two simple demands- release Nnamdi Kanu, give
us Biafra; we are not agitating for good roads or
infrastructure.
“These people that claim to be Igbo leaders are not in
control of the masses, we shall soon demand for a
referendum, that’s the next step so that the whole world will
know that the people are no longer interested in Nigeria.

“Any dialogue with the federal government without Nnamdi
Kanu is nonsense; we demand that he should be released
and he will lead the dialogue.
“Similarly, there will be a revolution against so-called Igbo
leaders who are making negative comments against Biafra.”