Joe Igbokwe | Photo credit: The Sun NewspapersA popular Igbo leader and member of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Joe Igbokwe has written a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, complaining about the threat to his life by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Igbokwe, who is popular on social media for criticizing the group and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, wrote in the letter: “A mother chicken says she is crying out to the world that a Kite stole her chick not because she can do anything to retrieve the stolen sibling but to let the world hear her voice. I am sure most of us would have seen the continuous threat to my life and the life of those of us who do not agree with the philosophy of IPOB and ESN bandits on Biafra agitation via armed struggle.
“Today they are getting bolder, threatening, bullying, killing, destroying and decimating the economy of Igboland. Today the bandits say they have power over life and death in Igboland. The bandits and Children of hate say they have banned me from coming to Igboland. The latest threat is that I should prepare to die. This is unacceptable in the 21st Century.
“Blind people should not lead people with eyes. People we do not know their upbringing, their pedigree, what they do for a living, who their fathers and their mothers we do not know are telling us they are the owners of Igboland. We cannot take this anymore.
“We will confront history. I will not allow Soap to enter my eyes when I have buckets of water with me. You do not tell the deaf and the dumb that war has started. When he sees others running he will join them.”
