Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu said
his organization would kill former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he
attempts to harm the IPOB leader.
Kanu stated this while addressing elders and chieftains at his residence
in Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State on Thursday.
Kanu’s threat came after former President Obasanjo commented that
Nigerians must do everything possible to stop the campaigning for the
secession of Biafra, a cause spearheaded by Mr. Kanu.
The former president made the comment on Tuesday while speaking at the
International Conference Centre in Abuja during the launch of the
biography of the late Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari.
He stressed that a failure to put an end to the Biafra agitation could
lead to a repeat of the 1966 coup and the other events that eventually
culminated in the civil war.
The Biafran agitator responded with a threat to the elder statesman.
“I remember Obasanjo calling us names. They said we must eliminate Kanu
and for those words coming out from his mouth, he is going to die,” Mr.
Kanu declared.
“I told Obasanjo that I have given instructions to IPOB should anything
happen to me. Everything that comes from Obasanjo’s lineage will die the
same day at the same time. It is a standing instruction to IPOB.
“Wherever they are, we will kill them ourselves at the same time, the same
day, 12 noon, wherever we find them all over the world. I am not like
anything they have seen before,” Mr. Kanu boasted.