Kanu: IPOB Writes Russian President

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Pro-Biafran group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has written Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin, to confer with his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, on how to address the demands of the group. Putin, who has been the President of Russia since May 7, 2012, succeeded Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, having earlier served as prime minister. The pro-Biafra group is demanding the independence of Biafran territories annexed during British colonisation, which ended in 1960.

In the letter IPOB claimed it addressed to the Russian president and exclusively obtained by Saturday Telegraph, the group alleged that there were discreet plans by the current administration “to convert Biafrans to Islam.” In writing Putin, the group stated that it wanted the Russian president to intervene in the ongoing incarceration of Igbos in the hands of security agencies and the continued detention of its leader and Radio Biafra director, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

The letter reads: “Mr. President, Biafrans request your intervention to prevent them from being forcefully and violently converted to Islam and from extermination at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Nigeria “Mr. President, Russia is among the few nations that protect the rights of oppressed people all over the world. Biafrans call upon you to help stop the massacre of Biafran people by Nigerian security agencies “The leader of IPOB, Kanu, who is a ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ has been in illegal detention, undergoing inhuman treatment and torture at the hands of the Nigerian security apparatus since October 14, 2015. Biafrans call upon you to take interest in this matter.” The group explained that in achieving its objective, it decided to raise the alarm owing to the fact that: “Biafrans need to understand that we must not only be consistent in our quest for freedom from the Islamic Republic of Nigeria but must above all things be proactive.