Chidi Samuel || A new dimension was added to the Biafran agitation on Thursday with the claim by the separatist group that Lagos, Abuja and other major cities where Igbos reside are part of Biafra land.
Kingsley Madu one of the leaders of the Biafra agitation group made the claim in Enugu at the reception rally organised to receive Innocent Oji, leader of the Biafra National Guard, a pro-Biafra group, recently released from prison recently.
According to Madu, the declaration is part of a new ideology adopted by Biafran agitators as they “don’t want to confine themselves to a particular place.”
He said, “Pro-Biafra groups have adopted a new ideology which stated that any part of the country where a large population of Igbos is found, and where Igbos contributed towards human and material development, is part of Biafra.”
“Lagos is also Biafra, Abuja is also Biafra. Anywhere our people are that place is Biafra.
“So what we are saying now is that that part of Lagos that our people developed with their money is also part of Biafra and we cannot leave.”
“Some years back a portion of land at trade fair and FESTAC were conceded to our people for development in Lagos,” he said.
“After spending billions of naira in developing this part of Lagos for the economic growth of Nigerian government, today information reaching us is that the federal government, conniving with the Lagos state government, yesterday retrieved the land, the platform, all the investment and everything from the people of Biafra.
“We are warning because we now believe that everywhere an Igbo man is is part of Biafra. That is the latest ideology we have.
“We don’t want to confine ourselves to a particular place; we now believe that wherever our foot touches is our land that is Biafra.”
Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the Biafran secessionist group, IPOB had earlier claimed that he was offered Biafra without Rivers and Benue by the Federal government while in detention, an offer he claimed he rejected.