Breakaway Members Denounce IPOB , Vow To Burn Biafra Flag On October 1 st

On Wednesday, chaos erupted among members of IPOB
(the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra) as a
faction threatened to burn the Biafra flag which the
group promised to display on October 1, this year.
This is even as seven members of the group were
arrested and detained briefly for allegedly meeting in a
building in Aba, Abia State yesterday. Also, an ex-
Biafran soldier cautioned IPOB to pursue the agitation
for Biafra republic peacefully.
The breakaway group denounced IPOB and threatened to
burn the flag.
“We believe in being a part of a united Nigeria, and a
new way of thinking, a statement issued by Chima
“Phillip Effiong”.
“The lessons and history of the civil war will only
reinforce the belief in ourselves to reach the zenith in
this great country, Nigeria, where opportunities abound
for every one regardless of tribe or religion, and even
where such narrow sentiments exist, we will not see
ourselves as victims. Never!” – Osuji said
According to the statement, the new group known as the
Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB), the
decision was taken on Monday at the end of an
emergency meeting of “disaffected” IPOB members.
The group said that it had accepted the fact that the
Biafra Republic was not a reality but an anachronism,
and doubts that the south-south region will ever
become a part of a Biafra Republic, except by force after
a declaration of another civil war.
Meanwhile, 7 IPOB members who were arrested by the
police in Aba, Abia State have regained their freedom.
The men were meeting at an undisclosed location along
Osusu Road, Over Rail in the commercial city yesterday,
when police stormed the place and arrested seven of
them.
According to a source, those arrested protested to the
police that their meeting was not illegal as they did not
engage in acts that disrupted public peace.
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