The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday stage rallies to demonstrate solidarity with United States President, Donald Trump.
The ‘Trump solidarity rally’ held at three locations in the South-East – Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi states.
IPOB members also staged rallies to demonstrate support for Trump during his first administration as United States President. In 2017 some IPOB members were killed in an encounter with soldiers during the Trump solidarity rally in Port Harcourt.
The latest rally is coming on the heels of claims by the Nigerian government that IPOB supporters are behind the alleged Christian genocide narrative in Nigeria, which largely influenced President Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’.
The Christian genocide claim also informed the Christmas Day US airstrikes on terrorist enclaves in North-West Nigeria. Trump had threatened military action in Nigeria in response to the alleged killing of Christians.
Meanwhile, a statement by IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful said participants at Tuesday’s Trump solidarity rally insisted on Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
Kanu is currently serving a life prison sentence after he was convicted on terrorism charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. IPOB and Kanu’s defence team have faulted the agitator’s conviction, describing it as illegal.
The statement released by Powerful on Tuesday said the latest Trump solidarity rally was partly in remembrance of those killed during the 2017 rally in Port Harcourt.
The statement read, “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the global family of Biafrans wish to inform the general public and the international community that a Trump Solidarity Rally and peaceful march was held today, 20 January, across three locations in the South-East—Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi states.
“Youths, women, and elders came out in large numbers to peacefully demonstrate in solidarity and in remembrance of our people who were brutally killed exactly nine years ago during the first inauguration of President Donald Trump, when Nigerian soldiers—acting under the directives of the then ruling APC-led government—opened fire on unarmed Biafran demonstrators.
“Despite the ongoing and relentless pogrom in Biafraland, and the atmosphere of intimidation, persecution and insecurity deliberately imposed on the South-East, Biafrans continue to defy fear and oppression to affirm one truth: a people determined to be free cannot be permanently subdued. The resolve of Biafrans to live as free people in the land of their ancestors remains unbroken.
“During the peaceful rally, participants carried placards, banners and photographs of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and renewed their demand for his immediate and unconditional release, insisting that his continued detention remains a major catalyst for tension and instability.
“The rallying crowd also called for an independent inquiry into the Port Harcourt killings and the wider, worsening insecurity ravaging the South-East, stressing that truth, accountability and justice are indispensable to peace.”
IPOB reiterated that all its activities remain peaceful and lawful.
“We urge the security agencies to respect the fundamental rights of citizens to peaceful assembly, and we call on the international community to take urgent interest in the deteriorating human rights situation in the South-East of Nigeria,” the statement added.
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