The Media and Publicity Directorate of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has lauded members in three South East States of Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi, for participating in the January 20, solidarity rally for US President Donald Trump.
The group in a statement said the Trump Solidarity and peaceful march was held in commemoration of its members “brutally killed exactly nine years ago during the first inauguration of President Donald Trump, when Nigerian soldiers—acting under the directives of the then ruling APC-led government—opened fire on unarmed Biafran demonstrators.”
The statement applauded the resilient spirit of “youths, women, and elders who came out in large numbers to peacefully demonstrate in solidarity and in remembrance of our people, despite the ongoing and relentless pogrom in Biafraland, and the atmosphere of intimidation, persecution and insecurity deliberately imposed on the South-East.”
The separatist group expressed satisfaction that “Biafrans continue to defy fear and oppression to affirm one truth: a people determined to be free cannot be permanently subdued. The resolve of Biafrans to live as free people in the land of their ancestors remains unbroken.”
“During the peaceful rally, participants carried placards, banners and photographs of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and renewed their demand for his immediate and unconditional release, insisting that his continued detention remains a major catalyst for tension and instability.
“The rallying crowd also called for an independent inquiry into the Port Harcourt killings and the wider, worsening insecurity ravaging the South-East, stressing that truth, accountability and justice are indispensable to peace.
“IPOB reiterates that all our activities remain peaceful and lawful. We urge the security agencies to respect the fundamental rights of citizens to peaceful assembly, and we call on the international community to take urgent interest in the deteriorating human rights situation in the South-East of Nigeria.”
