The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has
petitioned the European Union on the ongoing military operation in south
east region of Nigeria.
The IPOB leader in the
petitioned dated September 14, accused the Nigerian military of
intimidation, torture, arrest, abduction and killing of civilian
populace in the southeast.
The letter written by the counsel to
the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, was addressed to the secretary general
of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, the European Union High
Commission, the presidents of United States of America, Russia and
Israel.
Other countries include; the United Kingdom and France.
Kanu
in his letter called for the immediate intervention of the UN, the EU,
the US and these other countries on the invasion of the military in the
region.
He urged the comity of nations to prevail on the Nigerian
government to suspend further military action in the south eastern
states of the country and withdraw ‘the rampaging troops’ from the
region.
The letter reads: “Unarmed civilians largely made up
members of the Indigenous People of Biafra are now being tortured and
murdered in cold blood on a daily basis.”
Also attaching video
and photographs of victims of the alleged attack, Kanu said the
hostility against the IPOB members has escalated to other neigbouring
states resulting in bloody casualties.
He said: “We have no doubt
that the undisclosed reason for deploying troops to south eastern
states by the President Buhari-led administration is to attack unarmed
and defencesless members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who are
merely exercising their constitutional guaranteed rights to
self-determination.”
He added that while innocent bloood are
being wasted in the region, the 1999 Constitution as amended did not
allow the deployment of soldiers in the region in a manner presently
done by the federal government.
Kanu noted that without the intervention of the comity of nations, the killings and torture would continue.
“The situation in the south east of Nigeria is serious and demand your urgent action Sir.
“The
modus operandi of the Operation Python Dance II presently adopted by
the military deployed in the south east offends all known rules of
professional engagement even in a war zone,” Kanu added.
