{"id":7864,"date":"2016-02-22T01:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T01:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7864"},"modified":"2016-02-22T01:49:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T01:49:48","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-will-militants-cripple-nigeria-economy-from-today22206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7864","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu: Will Militants cripple Nigeria Economy from today(22\/2\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TWO militant groups in the Niger Delta region have declared their readiness to confront the Federal government in battle for its refusal to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
\nThe groups, Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) and Niger Delta People\u2019s Democratic Front (NDPDF) made the declaration yesterday in separate statements in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following reports that there were plans by the Federal Government, to use witnesses in mask, to testify against the leader of IPOB, who was charged of treason in court.
\nReacting to the report, leaders of the two groups, General Ben (CML) and Precious Iyoyo (aka General playboy), stated that since President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was determined to cause problem in the country particularly in the South-South and South-East zones, by stubbornly refusing to release Kanu, the groups were ready to cripple the economy.<\/p>\n

\"biafra\"<\/a>Specifically, General Ben, who is known for his blunt statements, said when the 31 day-ultimatum given to the federal goverment to release the IPOB leader expires today, Monday, February 22, the battle line would have been drawn. Ben, in the CML statement, declared that the target areas of the first stage of the uprising would be in Abia and Anambra States, as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n

He said that the group\u2019s reason for the two states and Abuja was because they were the major places where Federal Government shed the blood of their \u201cbrothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

General Ben declared: \u201cWe are ready for Federal Government, which said we would be treated as criminals and saboteurs. The 31-day ultimatum will expire on Monday. We are ready and will attack them in Abia, Anambra and Abuja, where they shed the blood of Biafran brothers and ssters. \u201cWe are not going to attack the civilians per se; but we are going to attack the presence of the Federal Government in the areas. If President Buhari could not clear Boko Haram in six months, as he told Nigerians, why didn\u2019t he focus attention on the North? Why did he waste the blood of Biafrans people?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in solidarity with the Biafran struggle and there is no going back. We are taking our revenge. We are not going to spare them. We don\u2019t believe in much talk. Enough is enough,\u201d Ben threatened.
\nSimilarly, General Playboy threatened that any attempt by the federal government, through security agencies, to use masked witnesses against the IPOB leader, would not go without dire consequencies.
\nPlayboy implored the United Nations (UN) to prevail on the Nigerian government to allow peace reign in the country, freeing Kanu and allowing Biafra to have its sovereignty.
\n\u201cIf this nonsense is allowed to go on, lives of innocent people, both Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and foreigners will go down.
\nMany countries parted for peace, why is the case of Nigeria and biafra too difficult? To be together is not by force.
\n\u201cIf they (UN) don\u2019t intervene in this matter, and Nigerian government goes ahead to execute its plans to annihilate Biafrans, we will cripple the economy of this country. All eyes are on government not only Kanu but on Tompolo too. The government is treading on very rough and dangerous path,\u201d General Playboy declared.<\/p>\n

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