The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has commended the people of Uzuakoli community in Abia State for adhering to call to reverse the process of ceding its ancestral land for the purported Federal Prison/RUGA project.
The group also praised members of the community mentioned in its press release a couple of days ago as facilitators and agents for the project for ensuring it was aborted.
In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB advised other communities to emulate Uzuakoli, pledging continued monitoring of communities, group or individuals indulging in such deceptive acts.
It also advised communities in the zone to abide by its policy of “No land to Nigeria Government”, stressing that those who might neglect the advice would have themselves to blame.
The statement reads in part: “We commend everyone in the Uzuakoli Community who adhered to the advice from IPOB as well as other well meaning Biafrans who in one form or the other were instrumental to halting such disastrous project.
“The government will not build industries in our communities so that our youths could be gainfully employed but they want to construct prisons where they will imprison these youths and harvest their organs.
“We also encourage other communities in Biafra land to learn from Uzuakoli people and never get involved in such a deceptive Federal Government project that will end up as a RUGA settlement for Fulanis.
“IPOB will keep monitoring every communities in Biafraland and any community, individuals or group of persons who willfully indulge in such deceptive and evil act of giving our ancestral lands to Federal Government will have IPOB to contend with.
“We advise every community in Biafraland and Biafrans to abide to the IPOB’s POLICY of “No land to Nigeria Government” else those that may neglect this advice will have themselves to blame.
“IPOB is not ready to succumb to any pressure from any corner in Biafraland because our ancestral lands belong to us and our unborn Children.
“Going forward no body should touch or do any harm to the following individuals for they have redeemed themselves: Ozuo 11, Uzuakoli, HRH Eze Kanu Ikonte, President General, Uzuakoli Development Association (UDA), Engr Okechukwu Mark Nwaokoro, Youth chairman Ngwu, Uchechi Maduka, Ugwu 1 of Ngwu Uzuakoli, HRH J C Okorie.”