IPOB: Army Arrests Chief of Staff Of Biafra Nation League, Linus Essien

Nigeria Army has arrested a self-proclaimed Chief of Staff of the Biafra Nations League (BNL) and leader of Displaced Bakassi Peninsula Youths, Mr Linus Essien, BNL has claimed.

According to the National Leader of the group, Princewill Chimezie Richard, Essien was arrested on Monday evening in the Ikang-Cameroon border area after accusing the group of setting up an armed group to fight the Nigerian soldiers across the South-South and South-east.

The group also raised the alarm over the arrest and torture of its members in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroon Gendarmes.

The pro-Biafra group accused the Nigerian Army of allowing military from the ceded area in Cameroon to come into Ikang, in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State to abduct Ambazonia separatists.

In a separate statement jointly signed by the Deputy National Leader of BNL, Ebuta Akor Takon and made available to DAILY POST on Monday, the group condemned the arrest of people associated with Biafra and Ambazonia in the Bakassi Peninsula, warning that such actions could result to unrest in the already troubled region.

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BNL further revealed that it is planning to host its flag in Bakassi Peninsula and two other Cameroon border areas in Cross River State by February, they boasted that Biafra has more followers in the region than Cameroon government.

The group advised other pro-Biafra groups to look beyond respecting the Nigerian constitution, adding that “Biafra cannot be achieved without civil disobedience and a little bit of force.”

Meanwhile, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says the group will not support any Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023.

Kanu made this known in a statement released on Sunday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.

According to the pro-secessionist, many of the Igbo vying for the presidency are traitors and stooges of the Caliphate that will sabotage the interest of Ndigbo and Biafrans.

Kanu said that the same people shouting President of Igbo extraction today will turn round to work against their own people tomorrow in favour of a non-Igbo because of selfish interest.

He noted that some of the politicians agitating for Igbo presidency openly worked against late Dr Alex Ekwueme, at the Jos PDP convention for the candidature of the President of Nigeria in 1999.

Kanu added that the same politicians conspired and failed to support or campaign for Peter Obi when he contested with Atiku Abubakar as running mate under PDP in the 2019 elections.