IPOB is warning Ohanaeze not to get in the way of the Biafra referendum saying “Be careful not to stand in our way

IPOB, or the Indigenous People of Biafra, has issued a warning to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo sociocultural organization, advising them to be careful not to obstruct the efforts of Igbos to lobby for Biafra’s independence.

IPOB emphasized that the organization will not waver in its demand for a referendum on Biafra’s independence.

The warning was delivered by Emma Powerful, who serves as the spokesman for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). She did so in response to a comment made by a chieftain of Ohanaeze.

Barrister Augustine Amaechi is not in favor of holding a referendum on Biafra.

Amaechi had stated that the Igbo people’s want is for restructuring, not a referendum as IPOB had claimed.

Powerful criticized the remark by calling people who oppose the vote on Biafra’s independence political jobbers.

An excerpt from a statement released by Powerful reads as follows: “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to the unguarded statements credited to one Abuja-based Ohaneze Ndigbo chieftain, Barrister Augustine Amaechi claiming that Ohaneze Ndigbo wants restructuring rather than referendum.

“The few political jobbers in Ohanaeze Ndigbo demanding restructure should perish with it,” the statement read. The people of Biafra want a referendum.

“Members and supporters of the IPOB all over the world constitute more than 90 percent of Biafrans. We have made it abundantly obvious to both the government of Nigeria and the international community that the Biafran people desire a referendum in order to make a democratic decision regarding whether or not they will continue to be a part of Nigeria.

“This is the only request we have. We are not going to back down from our demand that an independent referendum on Biafra’s status be held in Nigeria under the supervision of the United Nations. The solution to Nigeria’s most pressing issue will present itself as soon as the government of Nigeria accedes to our democratic demand for a referendum on Biafra.

“We will not issue another warning to Ohanaeze. We shall take his ranting as the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo otherwise, and this will only mean that they Ohanaeze has been mobilized by the enemies of our people to sabotage the present momentum and progress being made to hold the Zoological Republic of Nigeria accountable for the violent violations of Biafrans fundamental Human Rights, the crimes ag.