The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has blasted elder statesman, Edwin Clark, for indicating that the South-South region is not part of the Biafra Republic.
IPOB expressed its reservation with Clark in a statement issued by Emma Powerful, its spokesperson, on Friday.
But reacting, IPOB said the former minister of information is a “spent force” who does not have the mandate of the Niger Delta people to speak on behalf of the entire region.
According to the proscribed group, millions of Niger Delta youths, men and women are earnestly yearning for ‘their liberation from the Nigerian bondage’.
The statement read: “It’s too appalling that Edwin Clark doesn’t know that those who own Biafra are those he referred to as South-South or Niger Delta as the Case may be. How suddenly Edwin Clark has forgotten that it was an Izon man who brought the name ‘Biafra’ to the table for approval which Ojukwu and his Eastern Consultative Assembly approved without hesitation or debate!
“Edwin Clark should know that IPOB led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu did not force any clan to join Biafra. But if his community, clan and tribe refuse to join Biafra through referendum at the right time, they should not blame anybody for their fate in Nigeria. By the time Biafra will exit Nigeria through a referendum, any clan in the so-called Niger Delta that refuses to be liberated from the Nigerian bondage should get ready to serve the Fulani as slaves forever
“We, however, know that Edwin Clark is not speaking for millions of Niger Delta youths, men and women earnestly yearning for their liberation from the Nigerian bondage. He is only speaking for his Fulani slave masters, but very soon he will discover that he is a General without foot soldiers.”
