The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened a 6-day lockdown of the entire Southeast if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not released unconditionally before November 4, 2021.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened a 6-day lockdown of the entire Southeast if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not released unconditionally before November 4, 2021.

In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said failure to release Kanu would attract a one-week Sit-At-Home from November 5, 2021 till November 10, with exception of Sunday, November 7, 2021. The Anambra governorship election is slated for November 6, 2021 which the federal government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have insisted must hold.

IPOB says the one week sit-at-home is to let its ”oppressors understand that they are not going to tolerate any plan to torment or abandon their leader in DSS custody through frivolous court adjournments.”

The group said it regrets any inconveniences the lockdown would cause on the people of the region but added that no amount of sacrifice would be too much to ensure its leader regained his freedom.

The statement read in part “We wish to inform Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom that IPOB will lock down Biafra land from 5th of November to 10th of November except Sunday, November 7th, a day our people worship the Almighty God, Chukwu Okike Abiama.

Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the Federal High Court Abuja, we the great movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), wish to inform Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom that IPOB will lock down Biafra land from 5th of November to 10th of November except Sunday, November 7th, a day our people worship the Almighty God, Chukwu Okike Abiama, if the Nigeria Government fails to release our leader unconditionally before 4th of November 2021.

Our leader, onyendu Mazi Nnamdi MUST be released UNCONDITIONALLY on or before November 4, 2021 because he has not committed any offense known to any law. Failure to release our leader onyendu Mazi Nnamdi KANU on or before November 4, 2021, our one week Sit-At-Home begins on November 5, 2021 till November 10.”