The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said Biafrans will not forgive the late Queen Elizabeth following the roles she played during the Nigerian/Biafran War.
According to IPOB, “Biafrans both young and old will not forgive the late Queen and the British people, especially the politicians unless the British Government allows Biaran to regain their Sovereignty through Referendum.”
This came as IPOB supported the controversial remarks made by a Nigerian-born American academic, Uju Anya, on late Queen Elizabeth.
IPOB pointed out that Anya’s views on the late queen and the British government represented the opinion of over 98 percent of people in the southeast.
Anya had wished the queen “excruciating pain” in her last moments for allegedly sponsoring the “genocide” (Nigerian/Biafran War) which Anya said displaced her family.
Anya got knocks for her comments but she insisted she had nothing but disdain for the late monarch and would offer no apology.
IPOB, in a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Anya’s views on the late queen and the British government represented the opinion of over 98 percent of people in the southeast.
The statement reads: “British Government and her allies under the leadership of Queen Elizabeth supplied military equipment and manpower to Nigeria to wipe out Biafrans. They used their propaganda media BBC to label Biafrans rebels and prevented any assistance to Biafrans.
“As a result, many Biafran lives were wasted including the family members of Prof Uju. The world should know that Biafrans both young and old will not forgive the late Queen and the British people, especially the politicians unless the British Government allows Biaran to regain their Sovereignty through Referendum.
“Biafrans doesn’t rejoice over the death of anybody neither do we mourn the death of evildoers, especially murderers. Queen of England committed much atrocities against humanity and God Almighty. Queen was a mass murderer, hence Chukwu Okike Abiama and our ancestors forbid us from mourning such a person or persons.
“Prof Uju Anya has an indomitable Igbo spirit. She expressed anger that is hidden in all Biafrans especially Igbos who lost so much to the war levied and are still being levied on us by the same people we shared the same country.
“Dear Prof Uju Anya, we thank you for showing the world our resilience and determination to fight for justice and to get justice.”
IPOB denied any knowledge of Anya until her viral comments on Twitter, insisting that what was certain was that the pain and scar occasioned by the killings during the war lived with the Igbo.
“Those accusing Prof Uju Anya as being an IPOB member or financier are just using that to intimidate and blackmail her. IPOB don’t know who she was until this moment and anybody or group threatening her is playing with fire. Moreover, IPOB doesn’t have secret members nor secret financiers, we are IPOB and we fund our movement.
“We expect Prof Anya to stand her ground without giving attention to Nigeria and those blackmailers who intimidate some influential Igbo so that they can publicly bring IPOB to submission. We have seen all and IPOB is still marching forward,” the statement said.