Abia Governor-Elect Dr. Alex Otti has been advised by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to revoke the invitation to his inaugural ceremony that was extended to former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon (rtd).
IPOB In an explanation by its Media and Exposure Secretary Emma Strong on Friday said that the expansion of the solicitation to Gowon to go to the initiation would conjure past recollections of 1967 massacre against the Biafra public.
He advised Oti not to “insult the memories of our people massacred during the Genocide against the Biafran people in 1967” at the beginning of his term.
The entire statement is read: “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the command and leadership of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU, advise Dr. Alex Oti, the incoming Governor of Abia State, not to begin his tenure by insulting the memories of our people who were massacred during the Genocide against the Biafran people in 1967.” He should not underestimate the generosity of our kin for allowed by such crazy activity if to be sure he is the individual behind Gowon’s solicitation to his initiation. It is imperative that he revoke General Yakubu Gowon’s invitation to his inaugural prayers, which were scheduled for April 23, 2023. The genocidist Yakubu Gowon isn’t invited into Biafra Land for anything, including supplications.
IPOB wants you to believe that Dr. Oti cannot and will not show such extreme indifference by inviting a man who was in charge of the massacre of Biafrans during the genocidal war into Biafraland as his first act as governor of Abia State. Dr. Oti can’t guarantee obliviousness of the attrocities of Yakubu Gowon in the massacre that consumed more than 5 million Biafrans, including ladies and youngsters, except if he need to substantiate himself a willing device of the Sokoto caliphate for additional oppression of Biafra Country? In the event that Dr. Oti needs to be a numbskull for the Sokoto caliphate, we encourage him to atone now or have Biafrans to battle with. He ought to comprehend that Abia individuals need independence from the grip of progressive and obtuse political guardians who have stolen from Abia assets. For that reason they hugely casted a ballot and safeguarded their decisions in favor of him. That should never be taken for granted by him. Dr. Alex Oti has the mandate of the Abia people and should never, like Imo State governor Hope Uzodinma, mortgage Abia State to the caliphate. If not, Ala Igbo will consume him.
The government of Yakubu Gowon murdered millions of Biafrans and starved millions of Biafran children to death. Gowon is a mass murderer. Until this point in time, the mass killer has not delivered any conciliatory sentiments for the decimation against Biafrans. Why hasn’t he compensated the victims for their deaths, even if he has confessed his sins? Genociders like Gowon have been prosecuted and given the death penalty by hanging, while others have been sentenced to life in prison. The Biafran genocidists, on the other hand, are honored and rewarded in the zoo Nigeria, a banana republic. That’s why people like Gowon say they pray for the Biafran people. What an affront?
We do not require those blessings if a man whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent Biafran children is the same person who claims that his prayers will bring blessings to the land of Biafra.
If Dr. Oti insists on this, he should remember that his four years in office will be doomed because Satan does not bring good things. If he continues in this course of action, IPOB is waiting for him and prepared to confront his government and render it unruly.
Unrepentant and unashamed mass killer Yakubu Gowon isn’t invited for any requests in that frame of mind as well as in the sum of Biafraland besides. As a result, we are urging the incoming governor of Abia State to investigate Igbo Land and invite truthful elders to pray for his inauguration. There are a lot of responsible people in Igbo Land whose prayers will reach our Chukwu Okike Abiama faster than a hypocrite who takes in too much blood. The blood of innocent Biafran children who Yakubu Gowon murdered and starved to death cries out for vengeance.
IPOB is making its position very clear and unambiguous because it does not work with hope that the story that Gowon was invited to his inauguration is false. Sincere advice is given to Dr. Alex Oti not to share a bed with enemies of Biafra. He should not sell out the expectation and goals of Abians who put their lives in danger to guarantee he arose as the lead representative. Before taking any action, he must first listen to the people and feel their pulse. The invitation of a mass murderer of Biafrans to prayers in Biafra Land is not welcomed by the Ndigbo and Abia people in particular.
If the candidate for governor intends to work for the betterment and benefit of the people of Abia, he or she can rest assured that IPOB will be his most ardent defender and supporter. However, if the opposite is true, he ought to be prepared to take on IPOB. We the IPOB family overall possibly become angry and against lawmakers when they the legislators in words and activity make it understood and clear that they are not in that frame of mind in power to work for a long term benefit and welbeing of our kin and for the developement of our property. Dr. Alex Oti alone must take responsibility for whatever transpires on the day of Gowon’s inauguration if he enters Biafraland.
MEMORIAL AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB, COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL