IPOB commends Igbo for successful heroes' day celebration

IPOB commends Igbo for successful heroes' day celebration 

By Phil Okose, Onitsha 

Indigenous People of Biafra,(IPOB), Friday, commended Igbo for what it described as a successful celebration of May 30th 2024 celebration of Biafran heroes who sacrificed their lives for others to live, recalling the genocide of over 6million Biafrans murdered during 1967-1970 genocidal war. 

Making the commendation through her image maker, Emma Powerful,  it said, "IPOB leadership, the DOS thanks IPOB members who mobilised Biafrans to sit-at-home in honor of our heroes and heroines. We equally thank those who contributed immensely to this year's successful honoring of our Biafran heroes and heroines. We are thankful to  Biafrans in all the States of Biafra particularly in Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Rivers, Cross River, Delta and Akwa Ibom states.

"Also the Biafran clans of Edo State, Benue and Kogi States for compliance to the sit-at-home. We also congratulate Biafrans in diaspora who marched on the streets in raising awareness in their respective countries. IPOB Leaders congratulate IPOB Canada, India, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia,  Cambodia and Taiwan.

"Others were, Thailand, Italy, America, UK, Israel, South Korea, China, Gabon, Austria, Hong Kong, Spain, Norway,  Denmark,  Finland,  Germany,  Holland,  Czech Republic,  Switzerland,  Sweden,Brazil, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Liberia, and many other European countries, Asia, American North and South, Australia, Africa and other unnamed countries.

" Bravo to IPOB, the biggest and greatest one family. We salute well-meaning individuals who in no small way made this years Remembrance Day a very memorable one. We commend market union leaders, transport owners association leaders, Church leaders, educational institutions, market men and women and transporters. 

"Finally, we appreciate journalists who reported objectively on the level of compliance of Biafrans on this year's Biafran Heroes Day. This year's Biafran Heroes and Heroines Day is very significant. At least an important message has been sent to our adversaries that the illegal detention of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu does not deter the resoluteness of IPOB and Biafrans for our freedom. IPOB is a state actor that is fully in control of Biafra territory. 

"As we remember, our fallen heroes and heroines, including IPOB members who were killed by the murderous Nigeria government, we do so reverently. Our message to Nigeria is never will Biafrans be slaughtered unchallenged again. We shall continue to remember and honor our heroes and heroines who died in defense of our lives during the genocidal war of 1967-1970 against which was occastrated by the British and Nigeria government. 

"We remember those still paying the supreme and ultimately prize till date. We shall continue to remember them until Biafra comes and beyond. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB leadership (DOS) pledged never to disappoint Biafrans. We have come to restore Biafra and Biafra we must get.

"It is a time of introspection, a moment to consider the position of Biafrans in modern-day Nigeria and their relevance in the broader national context. Unfortunately, the issues that ultimately led to the Biafran genocidal war in 1967 still exist today.  

"The present Nigeria Government's policies and persecution against Ndigbo have been x-rayed by continuous illegal detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu," it lamented.