Admin l Thursday, September 14, 2017
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Indegenous People of Biafra, IPOB has written to the United Nations, calling attention to mass murder of members on a peaceful protest in the South East.
In the letter signed by Bruce Ben dated September 11, 2017, addressed to the Secretary of the UN in New York, he described IPOB leader, Kanu as the Mandela of Nigeria.
According to him, “On behalf of 50 million Igbo people of Nigeria under the umbrella of Indegenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, the Nelson Mandela of Nigeria, this office together with Barrister Alloy Ejimakor(IPOB general counsel) calls your attention to the Nigerian government’s authorised shooting and killing of Mr. Kanu’s guests at his home by elements of Nigerian army late Sunday, September 10, 2017”, he said adding that IPOB is convinced that the Nigerian government intended to assassinate Kanu allegedly for his Igbo ancestry, Judaic religion and political view.
He said attempt to assassinate Kanu was thwarted by the presence of his numerous visitors adding that many of the visitors were wounded with alot of fatalities.
He called on the UN to employ diplomatic means to communicate the concern to the Nigerian government.
