Biafra: Does Igbo Have Enough Guns If War Breaks Out? Ikpeazu Asks

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has expressed fear that the Igbo ethnic extraction may not have “enough guns” to defend itself should a war break out from the agitation for Biafra.

Ikpeazu, in an interview with BBC Igbo service, said there was no gainsaying that people from Nigeria’s South East are being marginalised, but noted that getting that one person who will take Igbo to “the promise land” remains a myth that the Igbo needs to break.

The governor said prior to the disappearance of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, “He (Kanu) never consulted me before taking any action”

“Whenever you talk with Nnamdi Kanu, he always speaks from both sides of his mouth, he is not a straightforward person”, said Ikpeazu.

“It’s true that Igbos (sic) are being marginalised but how can we get to the promise land? Who will lead the Igbos to the promise land? Do we have enough guns if war should break out?” he queried.

Speaking on Monday, Nnamdi Kanu’s wife, Uchechi had told the Nigerian government that IPOB’s battle for Bifraland was far from over.

“If you don’t have a strong mind, you cannot fight a strong battle. They are with Nnamdi Kanu and they think the battle is over but it is not over. People have been asking questions. Our people are angry,” Mrs Kanu had told BBC Igbo service in a separate interview.

“The IPOB people are not sleeping. The army is going to tell them where their leader is. Keeping Nnamdi Kanu does not mean that IPOB is asleep,” she had said.

Meanwhile, IPOB, in reaction to Ikpeazu’s comments on Kanu, accused the governor of telling lies.

The group urged the governor to give accounts of how and where he met with its leader.

“Over the coming days and weeks, Okezie Ikpeazu will be methodically and systematically shredded publicly for his blatant lies against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the great IPOB movement he leads. It will be in his best interest and that of his Northern handlers to publish whatever material at his disposal that will lend credence to his assertions, chiefly that our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu reneged on agreements reached with him and other South East governors during his interview granted to BBC Igbo Service in the Government House Umuahia,” read IPOB’s statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.

“He must tell the world, where, when and with whom he met Nnamdi Kanu. We will not allow him to get away with this bare-faced deceit and lies. Lying has become second nature to most of these Hausa Fulani stooges masquerading as politicians in Igboland especially.

“These peddling of lies and distortion of facts against Kanu is a well-orchestrated plan conceived prior to Operation Python Dance 2 which they the governors initiated with Nnia Nwodo”

“They hoped to use compromised media channels like the BBC to peddle these lies that they had an agreement with Kanu when such never happened. Okezie Ikpeazu is a mass murderer cited at the ongoing case review by ICC at The Hague.

“He is also indicted in ongoing lawsuit in the USA. He has been rejected by the public along with his other Fulani Islamic servants at Government Houses across the South East, so lying against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or using his name is the only way to gain relevance and sympathy.

“Anybody who believes in anything coming out of the mouth of an Igbo governor or Nnia Nwodo led Ohaneze Ndigbo needs psychiatric help”.

“Okezie Ikpeazu failed to understand that the highly respected and foremost constitutional lawyer Prof. Ben Nwabueze was at the meeting between Nnamdi Kanu and Igbo governors which he Okezie Ikpeazu did not attend.

“We ask between Okezie Ikpeazu and Prof Ben Nwabueze who has more credibility? The truth about how Igbo governors and Nnia Nwodo out of petty envy and jealousy of the popularity and public acceptance of Nnamdi Kanu arranged for Hausa Fulani soldiers to use the cover of Operation Python Dance to assassinate him is well known to the world”.

“Okezie Ikpeazu should keep his testimony and evidence with him because he will soon be called upon to give account of his role in the military invasion and abduction of Nnamdi Kanu and his parents from their home,” said the group.