The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked President Mohammadu Buhari to reconsider his stance on the release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The group said Buhari was about making a mistake capable of adversely affecting Nigeria, if he failed to free Kanu.
The President had promised a delegation of Igbo elders of consideration of the IPOB leader’s release which he later rescinded during an interview with Channels TV last week.
But in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB accused those it referred to as “foreign-based saboteurs” and enemies of its struggle as being responsible for Buhari’s change of mind.
It urged Buhari not to allow himself to be deceived by sacked members of the group peddling fake information about its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), for pecuniary interests.
The statement reads in part, “Our attention has been drawn to a comment by President Muhammadu Buhari that he will not release our Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“We know that this position by Buhari after he had earlier promised a delegation of Igbo leaders that he would consider their appeal to consider a political solution for Kanu, was not unconnected with the visit by some foreign-based traitors and enemies of our struggle.
“Our intelligence captured what transpired in a meeting between these saboteurs and their host in Aso Rock. In the meeting, the saboteurs and traitors concluded with the Presidency that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu should not be released, claiming erroneously thought, that IPOB and ESN have been defeated which is lies.
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