Members of the pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF), Monday, declared they would hold a Biafra Day parade on May 30, 2021 as planned.
They said the sit-at-home order which MASSOB and IPOB had adopted in the past is no longer fashionable and insist they will embark on parade to show their displeasure and commitment to the Biafra struggle.
By the announcement, the federation seems to be inured to the attempts to clamp down on Biafra agitators in the South-east South-south by the federal government of Nigeria.
The government security forces based the operation on the activities of unknown gunmen in the two political zones, even as the Indigenous People of Biafra has continued to insist that it has no hand in the attacks on security facilities.
But not fazed by federal government clamp down on Biafra agitation, the BZF has come up to say it would be in the street to commemorate Biafra anniversary on May 30.
Self-acclaimed President of the Biafra Federation (BZF), Barr. Benjamin Onwuka disclosed their plans in a statement he made available to journalists.
Onwuka said sit-at-home had never helped the Biafra struggle, adding that the people should rather come out on May 30 for a Biafra parade instead of hiding in their homes.
“We cannot be sitting at home since 2013 without a result. Sitting at home will not deliver independence to Biafra. India invented sit at home, and we must know that this is not India, it won’t work anything here.
“On May 30, Biafrans will not sit at home; they will come for a Biafra parade at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, where I will take the salute. It will be a unique event,” he claimed.
While further claiming that he has a backing of the United States of America, Onwuka said, “At the moment, Nigeria is no longer with the world powers. They have abandoned Nigeria, and that is why Biafra is no longer subjected to international isolation.
“In all these, Zionists are urging our people not to be cowed down, the Biafrans will be liberated and they will enjoy total freedom.”
On whether he was not afraid that the federal government would clamp him into detention again, Onwuka quipped: “We are not worried, we have international diplomacy, the US is with us.”
