A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF), has criticised the annual sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State Biafra (MASSOB), saying it has never helped the agitation course.
President of the BZF, Mr. Benjamin Onwuka, in a statement on Monday, suggested rather than sit-at-home, the people should come out on May 30 for a Biafra parade.
Onwuka declared that the group would hold a Biafra Day parade on May 30.
According to him: “We cannot be sitting at home since 2013 without a result. Sitting at home will not deliver independence to Biafra. India invented sit-at-home, and we must know that this is not India, it won’t work anything here.
“On May 30, Biafrans will not sit at home. They will come for a Biafra parade at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, where I will take the salute. It will be a unique event.”
While further claiming he has a backing of the United States of America, Onwuka said: “At the moment, Nigeria is no longer with the world powers. They have abandoned Nigeria and that is why Biafra is no longer subjected to international isolation.
“We are grateful to the US for its support. I have always said that what Biafra needs is international recognition. We lost the war weapons, and I don’t mean physical weapons, I mean international diplomacy and support, that is the greatest weapon, the five UN permanent members of the Security Council were not with us. We won’t make such a mistake again.
“At the moment, we have been able to engage with the Biden administration and we are happy for the outcome.”
He said the people of the area had suffered several cases of injustice and deprivations from the Federation Government stressing “all these gave rise to all that are happening today, including the activities of the inknown gunmen.
“All these years, they militarised our place with security operatives, even Customs are always seen chasing people to villages, searching booths of vehicles looking for rice.
“Where else do such things happen except Southern Nigeria? The extortion and oppression by the police was also in the highest level, so they gave birth to the unknown gunmen”.
