The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has asked Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to swallow his pride and denounce Biafra which it said is a business venture and scam.
In a statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, MEND advised what it called ‘already frustrated and desperate Mr. Kanu and IPOB’ to swallow their pride and make a public denunciation of Biafra so that the gullible donors and followers, deceived by the illusion of a Biafra Republic that aims to annex the Niger Delta region as part of its territory, shall become fully aware that the so-called Biafra Republic is merely a business venture and scam “whose sole beneficiaries are Kanu, directors of IPOB and their families and cronies.”
MEND expressed surprise over the recent spate of hypocritical and provocative statements issued by the IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu which purport to dissociate IPOB/Kanu from some of the concessions that have so far been secured by MEND in the ongoing talks aimed at resolving the current Niger Delta crisis between the Federal Government and MEND.
“MEND hereby uses this opportunity to inform the entire world that, following the group’s ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government, Nnamdi Kanu has made it clear that he is willing to renounce “Biafra” in secret; in exchange for his freedom.
“MEND and the Federal Government have however, flatly rejected the IPOB/Kanu hypocrisy to remain defiant in public; while accepting to secretly renounce secession.” [myad]
