Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) on Thursday accused Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi of being the main
sponsor of banditry and terrorism in Nigeria.
Kanu made the remark in response to Gumi’s claim that IPOB
was killing security operatives in the Southeast while bandits only abducted
students for money.
Speaking through the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, Kanu
insisted that Gumi was a terrorist with no empathy for victims of terrorism in
the country.
The IPOB leader dared Gumi to stop twisting facts, stressing that the group was not against Northerners in the Southeast but terrorists.
A statement by Powerful reads: “The attention of the
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to
the latest ranting and ridiculous claims by terrorist apologist, Sheikh
Abubakar Gumi, that IPOB, and Eastern Security Network, ESN, were killing
Northerners. There is no iota of truth in such mischievous and fallacious
claims.
“In case the
self-acclaimed Islamic cleric has forgotten, may we remind him that neither
IPOB nor ESN is a terrorist organization or killers like his bandit clients and
allies. Spilling of blood is never part of our mandate.
“ESN is a child of necessity created for the defense of our
ancestral land against terrorists and killer herdsmen wrecking havoc across our
communities. ESN is only defending our hapless mothers and sisters who have
been raped, maimed and attacked without any justification by Fulani herdsmen.
“Since December 2020 when ESN was set up by our leader,
these vampires have been on the run because of the heat from our gallant
operatives across Biafran forests. For Sheikh Gumi who never gave a hoot while
killer herdsmen rampaged our communities to try to twist the fact now is not
only mischief but an act of terror itself.
“No Northerner in any part of Biafra land can prove that
he/she has at any time been attacked by IPOB or ESN. We are only chasing
terrorists and bandits behind killings and kidnapping for ransom in our land.
“Gumi should be ashamed that an Islamic cleric as he claims
has suddenly become a mouthpiece for bandits and terrorists. Why does Gumi have
special interest in bandits and terrorists is an indication that he is a
terrorist but has never shown any empathy to their victims or other Nigerians?
Why is Gumi always advocating for terrorists and negotiating with them but
never advancing the cause of victims of terror? What does Sheikh Gunmi have in
common with bandits and terrorists?
“Gumi only wants to blackmail IPOB and ESN with his
fabricated propaganda that we are attacking Northerners so as to provide more
justification for his Fulani terrorists security agencies in Nigeria uniforms
to come after innocent people as they are currently doing. This terror
sympathizer wants to lessen the heat on his boys by instigating the security agencies
against us. Can you see why Sheikh Gunmi should be arrested for investigations
and interrogations?
“We want to put the world on notice that Sheikh Gumi is the
main sponsor banditary and terrorism in Nigeria. He should be made to face the
consequences of his actions. For holding talks with terrorists and championing
their cause, he has a case to answer in the atrocities
“But we promise Gumi and his likes that no amount of
distraction will make us back down on our resolve to restore Biafra, and defend
our ancestral land against invasion by Fulani jihadists. We are formidable and
we won’t give up on this mandate. ESN will not allow any person to occupy our
forests again.”
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