The Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday commended the apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, and Yoruba Elders Council for speaking against the “militarisation” of the South-East geopolitical zone by the Federal Government, using Operation Python Dance II.

Describing the elders as good men of history, the group said it was encouraged by their utterance.

In a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB said providence and history would vindicate the just.



It thanked other groups and individuals who condemned the “invasion” of the zone and the proscription of IPOB, saying “you demonstrated rare courage and forthrightness.”

It described the alleged invasion of the zone by military men as “overwhelming tide of tyrannical oppression and genocide against the people of Biafra.”

The statement read in part, “You rose up to condemn evil and their well-oiled propaganda machinery that sought to turn upside down and make us believe that light is now darkness and darkness light.

“Your collective and individual condemnation of the evil Python Dance II, staged by the Buhari regime to suppress legitimate agitation for freedom through intimidation, slaughter of the innocent and military occupation has earned you an enduring legacy which history will never forget.

“We also commend those men and women of good conscience from across all ethnic divides in Nigeria and across the globe that condemned the genocidal campaign of this Buhari regime against the innocent civilian population across Biafra land.”

The group said it would remain steadfast and committed to the pursuit of the finest ideals of liberation to set free “the oppressed and marginalised people in Nigeria and beyond.”