IPOB to British High Commissioner: Don’t come to South-East

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, to suspend her planned visit to the South-East region of Nigeria.

IPOB gave the warning via a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful.

Powerful advised Laing to suspend her scheduled visit to the South-East over an alleged plot to harm her by “those that are threatened by the Biafra restoration project”.

The IPOB spokesman stated: “The global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of our Liberator Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, wishes to advise the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing to be more conscious of her environment.

“We as well call on British High Commissioner to shelve her regular visits to different parts of the Nigeria country-side especially the Biafraland otherwise referred to as South East.

“We have optimal respect and value for sanctity of life, especially visitors to our land.

“The leadership of IPOB hereby advises Ms Catriona Liang, to suspend all her planned activities involving travels within Biafran territories.

“We want to make it unequivocally clear to the International Community that IPOB is a non-violent Self Determination movement and we understand the usefulness of diplomacy and we respect diplomatic relations.

“In spite of Nigeria government’s unprovoked attacks, arrest, torture, illegal detentions, rape, killings and forceful disappearance of our family members especially our youths, IPOB has not changed our peaceful non-violent agitation into armed struggle.

“It is worthy to note that we had never attacked British persons, citizens, Institutions, investments and properties of any kind, and we do not have such intention now or in the future notwithstanding being at the receiving end of the British unpleasant attitudes, Igbophobic, Biafraphobic and stringent policies,” the statement read.

The Star