A group of ex-militants in support of the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to secede- have taken responsibility for the hijack of a ship on Friday along the Bakassi Pennisula Nigeria coastal line.
The group had recently given the Federal Government a 31-day ultimatum to release the IPOB leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The Sun reports that the spokesperson of the group, General Ben, threatened to blow up the vessel with the expatriates on-board, if the government fails to come through on Kanu’s release.
Speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Ben declared that they would not wait till the end of the ultimatum, before showing that they mean business.
“We cannot wait till the end of the 31 days to tell the Federal Government that we are serious. The vessel and the crew are under custody. And any noise, any delay from government, we will blow up everything. We will blow the vessel and everybody in the vessel will go down.”
“We are not interested in the country that owns the vessel. What we know is that the vessel was coming to Nigeria to lift oil. We are not interested;; once it is blown up, let the country and Nigeria resolve the matter. We are in touch with everything happening around the IPOB leader.”
“Now, court has denied him bail, saying because of his dual citizenship, he might jump bail. We also heard that the judge said he would rather give the matter an accelerated hearing. This is provocative;; hence we did not waste time to go into action. We are in support of the Biafra struggle.”
“We will not retreat or surrender. The federal government might have taken our ultimatum as an empty threat. But, we will surprise them,” he thundered.
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