IPOB Splits As ‘The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra’ Emerges
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu[/caption]
A splinter group, identified as The Re-branded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB), has reportedly emerged after breaking out of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The new group has expressed doubt that Biafra would become a reality, adding that members of the TRIPOB will “on October 1, 2016, make a public denunciation of a secessionist Biafra Republic at the Eagle Square.”
In a statement issued by spokesperson of the new group, Chima Phillip Effiong Osuji, TRIPOB cited “the rigid and fatalistic position of the Nnamdi Kanu- led IPOB” as its basis for exiting the group.
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The decision to leave IPOB was reportedly reached by the new members of the group in Aba, Abia state on Monday, August 22, 2016
Osuji said, “It was resolved that due to the rigid and fatalistic position of the Nnamdi Kanu- led IPOB, several of us with like minds shall breakaway and form The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra, TRIPOB.”
“TRIPOB now sees the Biafra question from a different perspective. Biafra will now become to us a powerful metaphor for change, development and greatness of the Igbos inside a united Nigeria, where the South East axis will be a utopia from the sheer determination borne out of the Biafra metaphor.
“We believe in being a part of a united Nigeria, and a new way of thinking, where the victim mentality will no longer be acceptable,” it asserted.
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“We have accepted the fact that the Biafra Republic is not a reality but an anachronism, and doubt that the South -South region will become a part of a Biafra Republic, except by force; after a declaration of another civil war.”
“That the lessons and history of the civil war will only reinforce the belief in ourselves to reach the zenith in this great country, Nigeria, where opportunities abound for every one regardless of tribe or religion, and even where such narrow sentiments exist, we will not see ourselves as victims, Never,” the group said.
“In view of this new mind-set, members of the TRIPOB and any new defectors will on October 1, 2016, make a public denunciation of a secessionist Biafra Republic at the Eagle Square, Abuja.”
“The event will also include recitation of the pledge to Nigeria, our country, singing of the national anthem, followed by a solemn burning of the Biafra flag and unveiling a new Biafra flag representing pride, change, potential and spirit of the Igbo race which can thrive anywhere in the world,” the group added.
Recall that the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) had threatened to declare independence on October 1, if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to fulfill its demand of restructuring Nigeria.
