Following the continued detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Department of State Security (DSS), members of the Indigenous People of Biafra have vowed to storm Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, to press home their demands that he be released.
Recall that members of the group trooped out in their thousands in the South East and South South geo-political zones earlier in November, demanding the unconditional release of Kanu and clamouring for the creation of the sovereign state of Biafra.
Kanu was charged before an Abuja Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 on Monday, after the court ordered the DSS to produce him in court.
A protest had broken out in Abuja after the court appearance, where the prosecuting counsel had told the court to discontinue Kanu’s trial because it lacked jurisdiction to try a charge of terrorism which the prosecution said it would add to a charge of criminal conspiracy for which Kanu was being tried.
In a statement posted on Radio Biafra’s Facebook page and published on Biafra Times on Tuesday, the group announced its planned protests in Lagos.
The statement read: “Everybody should get ready for another ALMIGHTY upcoming peaceful protest, Lagos should also gear up because this time we will take our peaceful protest to every corner of Lagos state, Biafrans in Lagos should arise! The time has come to prove to the world that Biafra is not a terrorist or illegal organization, one of the major sponsors of Biafra is UNITED NATIONS. We want to tell the world that we so much valued Nnamdi Kanu and Biafra. The protest will last until Nnamdi is released. We are not giving up! NEVER! We are Biafrans and when we start something we don’t stop half way. We must prepare and raise our Biafra flag HIGH AND HIGHER……..NEVER SHALL WE GIVE UP..GET READY FOR ANOTHER ALMIGHTY PEACEFUL PROTEST COMING SOON. THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM HAS JUST BEGUN AND WE SHALL TAKE THE WORLD BY SURPRISE. WE SHALL SUFFER WITH NNAMDI KANU, WE SHALL STAND WITH HIM TILL THE END. NO BIAFRA NO PEACE FOR NIGERIA.”