The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said it will join its Yoruba counterparts, the Odua Republic agitators in staging a protest on October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day.

The Biafra group, founded by Nnamdi Kanu, declared October 1, 2020, as a Sit-At-Home across the South-East region to strengthen its fight for an independent State.

The group which had since been proscribed by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration claimed that there is credible intelligence that terrorist groups are planning to slaughter easterners who intend to go out to celebrate Independence Day.

The Odua Republic agitators on the other hand had said they are going to stage a public protest on that day demanding that the Yoruba people want to stand as a nation.

Yoruba indigenes living in the United Kingdom earlier this month staged a protest demanding for the creation of the Oduduwa Republic. 

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The Yoruba indigenes in Diaspora criticized the administration of Buhari, claiming that the President has caused insecurity in the country to aggravate.

Speaking on the insecurity in the northern region, one of the protesters condemned the amnesty given to repentant Boko Haram terrorists.

At the rally held in London, the newly appointed Yoruba Congress International coordinator said: "The issue of the future for the Yoruba nation is a separate sovereign Yoruba state. There is no future in Nigeria. 60 years of being in prison inside a colonial plantation is enough." 

In another rally held in Ibadan, members of the Odua people said they would lead a protest on October 1.

IPOB, in a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, called on its members to join its Yoruba counterparts agitating for the Oduduwa Republic, in public protests to mark the day.

It enjoined all Biafrans and other Nigerians to boycott the Government organized ceremony meant to celebrate Nigeria at 60.

The IPOB statement partly reads: “We the global movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to announce to all Biafrans, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over the world that Biafrans across the globe shall observe a sit-at-home in Biafraland and where permissible in the diaspora, join our Yoruba brethren agitating for the Oduduwa Republic, in public protests to mark October 1, 2020.

“We therefore, enjoin all Biafrans and every conscious Nigerian, especially those ethnic nationalities reeling from the triple-double blow of state-sponsored terrorism, bad governance and economic annihilation, to boycott every government organised ceremony designed to eulogise the failure that Nigeria has become.

“This is the time to let the world know how disastrously intolerable human existence is in Nigeria today.

“If you want to see an end to terrorism and organised mediocrity, now is the time to register your anger by ensuring that you and your household sit-at-home on October 1, 2020. Do not risk the life and well-being of your children by allowing them to gather in groups in the open where terrorists may find it easier to blow them up or kidnap them.

“There is credible intelligence that terrorist groups are planning to slaughter our children should they venture out to celebrate or March on October 1st.

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“This order is to highlight our position and resolve as Biafrans that we are no longer interested in propping up a crumbling terrorist state.

“The leadership of this great movement in conjunction with supporters of Biafra freedom across the globe have concluded every arrangement to let the whole world know and understand that we are no longer part of this shambolic monument to terrorism and failure.

 “As this long-expired man-made contraption marks her abused independence on October 1st this year, we IPOB will appropriately declare our intention towards the full and irreversible restoration of Biafra sovereignty and independence for all oppressed ethnic groups in Nigeria.

“Complete and total lockdown of Biafraland and other terror ravaged areas of the Middle Belt come 1st of October 2020 is sacrosanct, irreversible and non-negotiable!.

“Wholesale slaughter of innocent Judeo-Christians and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing cannot be going on in our land at the same time as fake jamborees are being organised by the same sponsors terror attacks,” the statement read.