Asari Dokubo receives a response from IPOB, "You forget that militancy for monetary gain is in the same category as criminals and terrorists." (Details)

Asari Dokubo, a former militant, asked President Bola Tinubu not to free Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the secessionist group. This prompted the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to respond.

Dokubo addressed the media following a visit to President Bola Tinubu at the state house in Abuja last week. He said that releasing Nnamdi Kanu would encourage impunity.

In response to the comment made by the former militant leader, IPOB's media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, issued a statement stating that Kanu is not a criminal but has become a political prisoner for advocating for a Biafran sovereign state.

IPOB also stated that they stand for freedom for Biafrans, including those who work as oil pipeline security guards for oppressors, and that they are not in the same league as militants and oil pipeline guards.

IPOB claimed, referring to Asari Dokubo as a "creek-pig," that Kanu was not one of the Nigerian youths who started the #ENDSARS protest against the brutal police SARS.

The statement began as:

“Dokubo and others are campaigning for the continuous detention of\xa0 Nnamdi Kanu in the DSS solitary confinement but they forgot that militancy for monetary gains are in the same category as criminals and terrorists.

“IPOB is not in the league of militants and oil pipeline guards. IPOB stands for freedom for Biafrans, including those on oil pipeline security guards for the oppressors. It’s unfortunate that those who are supposed to be in the decision-making of the oil explorations in their region are guarding the oil pipelines for the oppressors and their children.

“Those bent on killing each other for the oil pipeline contracts are in the same way bent on sabotaging those fighting to liberate them from decades of slavery.

“But Nigeria is a country where thugs, terrorists and militants are respected and rewarded better than university professors.

“The criminals using IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in illegal detention to look for oil guard contract in Aso Rock Abuja should be guided. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has not destroyed any oil infrastructure nor has he killed anyone.”