Embattled Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the reason he demanded bullets and guns from a group of US-based Nigerians in the past was not to hurt anyone but for self-defense against the incessant attacks on Igbos by the Fulani herdsmen.
According to him, self-defense was recognized by all known laws at the United Nations (UN).
He stated this during an interview with Adrian Kriesch of German TV station – Deustche Welle.
Kanu said: “I am sure you have heard of the Fulani herdsmen killing people all over the place. How do you intend to defend yourself against Fulani herdsmen without guns and bullets?
“They have been killing our people, molesting our women, destroying crops in the farms and no one does anything about it. Is that how human beings are supposed to live?
“Self-defense is recognized even by all the known laws at the UN.
“We are fighting for independence, not fighting physically with guns and bullets. We are fighting in terms of our agitations; we are fighting in terms of our belief; we are fighting in terms of our consistency to ensure that we free, because we are not free.
“As a free people, we can afford to make life better for our people. Right now, we cannot do that because of how Nigeria is structured and because of the flawed foundation Nigeria rests.”
On the referendum, he said: “if the government does not agree to that, there will be no elections in Biafra land. No more elections here.
“They can put whoever they like in office. They can do whatever they like with their political positions. We will not engage in any political process.”
On his detention, he said: “I was not treated fairly because in Nigeria, people behave like animals; they are not disciplined enough; they are not mentally developed enough to run a transparent civil society.
“They have a fiddle mindset where you have the ruling class and a multitude of poverty-stricken people who never utters any word in rebeliion or to even ask questions about their plight.
“That is one thing we are determined to challenge.” He concluded by saying: “what we are asking the world to recognize is that we want to live in peace and not in pieces. Allow Biafra to exist. We were existing before the British came. Just allow us to go back to what we were before.
“No African came to Europe to create countries. So, for somebody to just come in here and say ‘you, you, you, and you from today your name is Nigeria’ is simply laughable.”
dynasty4all at 27-06-2017 01:56 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: robertedo3 on 27-06-2017 12:14 PM
this boy called kanu is a cheap lier anyway its the press that is given you cheap popularity , who are you to stop election in the south east ?
WE ARE DETERMINE, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK UNLESS THEY DO WHAT HE SAID HERE, REMEMBER EVEN IBB SAID THE SAME THING YESTERDAY........... SO BETTER SHUT UP YOUR GUTTER............
Posted: at 27-06-2017 01:56 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
christianity at 27-06-2017 05:03 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: osarobo62 on 27-06-2017 03:31 PM
if there is no election in the east, a state of emergency would be declared and military administrators would be sent to the states
A times I don't understand the way u talk,state of emergency for what?have u been in the western world?if yes,then tell me where u see ppl being forced to vote.if those that u want to govern says that they don't need to east their own time to go and vote for someone that only cares about them during vote is it a crime anywhere in the world? So what are u talking about military? Let them choose by themselves among themselves simple.
Posted: at 27-06-2017 05:03 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
HAHAHAHAHAHA.... OMG...!! NOW I AM UNDERSTANDING BETTER WHY THAT DUDE THAT CALLS HIMSELF FREETHINKER AKA DYNASTY4ALL AKA BAROS 2017 WILL NEVER EVER RECEIVE SENSE UNTIL THE DAY HE LEAVES THIS EARTH... JUST IMAGINE WHAT I JUST HEARD COMING FROM A LITERATE GUY LIKE NNAMDI KANU, ''AFTER BIAFRA IS ATTAINED, THEN THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END, JUST ASK ANY WHITE MAN, THEY WILL TELL YOU BIAFRA IS THE LAST MIRACLE'' SERIOUSLY ?? THIS IS THE UTTER NONSENSE THIS GUY FEEDS YOU BRAINWASHED LOTS, ARE YOU GUYS phyukING KIDDING ME? I WON'T EVEN BOTHER WATCHING NO MORE.... WTF....!!!
Posted: at 27-06-2017 06:00 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
samybrowne at 27-06-2017 07:25 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Haso112 on 27-06-2017 12:06 PM
NNAMDI KANU ABI WETIN BE UR NAME... YOU CAN NEVER STOP ELECTION IN THE SOUTH EAST COME 2019, GO AND WRITE THAT DOWN SOMEWHERE....!!!
Bro not that he can stop it completely, perhaps some will still vote, but remember from the united nations law on state free and fair election, votes are considered voile if it doesn't come up to 25% of the Masses vote,
e.g a state that has 30 million people and total vote is counted to be 9 million don't you think there was no election in that state ? and that is sue-able according to the UN LAW. because the right and voices of over 20 million people can not be trapped down upon. in a well democratic country as Nigeria is claimed to be
Posted: at 27-06-2017 07:25 PM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
Bro not that he can stop it completely, perhaps some will still vote, but remember from the united nations law on state free and fair election, votes are considered voile if it doesn't come up to 25% of the Masses vote,
e.g a state that has 30 million people and total vote is counted to be 9 million don't you think there was no election in that state ? and that is sue-able according to the UN LAW. because the right and voices of over 20 million people can not be trapped down upon. in a well democratic country as Nigeria is claimed to be
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I DIG YOU AND THANKS FOR THE INFO... BUT I REITERATE THAT NNAMDI KANU CANNOT MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE SHALL SEE......!!!
Posted: at 27-06-2017 07:35 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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