Nnamdi Kanu, The leader of proscribed Indigenous
People of Biafra, has called off the planned boycott of elections by IPOB
members in the South East.
He
had earlier ordered that elections would not take place in the area unless the
Federal Government agreed to a referendum to determine the sovereignty of
Biafra.
Earlier,
the South East governors and the apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo had tackled him on this issue.
In
a statement made available on Friday in Awka, Anambra State by the group’s
Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said it reached the
decision to allow polls in the area after consultations with stakeholders.
The
statement read in part “It’s important we notify the world at large and the
indefatigable global IPOB family in particular that our supreme leader Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu has called-off the election boycott in Biafraland.
“After
a brief emergency session of the Directorate of State late last night presided
over by our leader, it was determined that all our terms and conditions
had been met by those wishing us to lift the ban on voting, it was unanimously
agreed that the boycott should be lifted.
“The
signed document agreeing to IPOB terms and conditions are in our possession and
will be made public in due course.
“We
can, therefore, state with utmost sense of responsibility and pride that IPOB
has accomplished what no other people or group has been able to do in the
history of our people. Without prejudice, this will go down as the defining
moment when the irreversibility of the restoration of Biafra was firmly
entrenched in the subconscious of all and sundry. As a result of which we can
state categorically that Biafra is a lot closer than we think as a result of
this.
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