₦airaland Forum

.....Threaten to blow up ship, crew

From: Tony John, Port Harcourt

A group of ex-militants in support of the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed responsibility for the hijack of a ship on Friday along the Bakassi Pennisula Nigeria coastal line.

The group, which recently gave the Federal Government a 31-day ultimatum to release Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader and Director of Radio Biafra, said the concerned Niger Delta agitators were abreast with the incarceration of Kanu.

Spokesperson of the group, who gave his name as General Ben, threatened that they would blow up the vessel with the expatriates onboard, if the government continues to dilly-dally over Kanu’s release.

Speaking in Port Harcourt yesterday, the group’s spokesperson declared that they would not wait till the end of the ultimatum, before showing their seriousness.

Ben stated: “We cannot wait till the end of the 31 days to tell the Federal Government that we are serious. The vessel and the crew are under custody.

And any noise, any delay from government, we will blow up everything. We will blow the vessel and everybody in the vessel will go down. “We are not interested in the country that owns the vessel. What we know is that the vessel was coming to Nigeria to lift oil. We are not interested;; once it is blown up, let the country and Nigeria resolve the matter.

“We are in touch with everything happening around the IPOB leader.

Now, court has denied him bail, saying because of his dual citizenship, he might jump bail. We also heard that the judge said he would rather give the matter an accelerated hearing.

This is provocative;; hence we did not waste time to go into action. We are in support of the Biafra struggle.

We will not retreat or surrender. “The federal government might have taken our ultimatum as an empty threat. But, we will surprise them,” he stated.

Also, the group reacted to the Supreme Court verdict, which upheld the appeal filed by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, saying that it saved the state from bloodshed.

Ben said the state would have been overwhelmed by crisis, warning any government against sabotaging the IPOB agitation of the consequences.

peacengine:
Why are these boys bothered about IPOB, guys make una no carry their matter for head.

M4gunners:
Hehehe 2016 is already getting hot and funny. Baba how did you end up here . It's obvious people want to make Nigeria ungovernable for you . Could this be a payback?

Pidggin:
Na Bubu cuz dis tin o, im for use wisdom avoid dis N/Delta boys wahala.

APCsupporter:
Let them continue destroying their land when the oil finally reaches $1 per barrel they can start bombing farmlands accross the country. Useless people


Nobody is above the law. Tompolo, gej and all other corrupt baboons will go to jail

APCsupporter:
Let them continue destroying their land when the oil finally reaches $1 per barrel they can start bombing farmlands accross the country. Useless people


Nobody is above the law. Tompolo, gej and all other corrupt baboons will go to jail

lincolnj88:
I will be proud to be call biafran ...
but I think we should go abt this diplomatically

APCsupporter:
Let them continue destroying their land when the oil finally reaches $1 per barrel they can start bombing farmlands accross the country. Useless people


Nobody is above the law. Tompolo, gej and all other corrupt baboons will go to jail

Pidggin:
I hope you know that OBJ was also an ex-general and he also attempted to engage them, what was the outcome? Let's be wise o, these boys will ruin our economy even further.

APCsupporter:
Let them continue destroying their land when the oil finally reaches $1 per barrel they can start bombing farmlands accross the country. Useless people


Nobody is above the law. Tompolo, gej and all other corrupt baboons will go to jail

naija8080:
Trouble dey...serious one!

dunkem21:
They said vessel and not land ..

They said expatriates, not land ..


Simple English.

momentoftruth:
who will listen to you??

Is it Rochas, Onu or Ngige that will table your matter...

As long as your leaders are benefitting from this morally corrupt country they will not support you.

What has all the Senate presidents, deputy senate president, deputy speakers igbos have produced done for igbos...
nothing as long as they are benefitting from the national cake.

What has happened to PIB, even CONFAB report that would have helped to an extent have been thwarted.
people have been shouting for true federalism for years, imagine local government autonomy has been thwarted, because it won't favor some people.

These are government laws that touches the life of a common man.
Biafra struggle is a common man struggle, the elites will not have a hand because they are enjoying this system. Are you not seeing them decamping to APC where they feel that they will benefit …

Why do NLC have to go on strike before the government gives them attention??
Even when they know that their request are genuine.

The confab report would go a long way to reduce this struggle. But we play too much politics with everything till the situation gets out of hand.
I heard a Yoruba man saying IPOB should be ignored, imagine his mindset, a former minister of justice saying the common man should be ignored.


Let it be recorded that power is truly in the hands of the common man not politicians. And revolution has always been championed by the commoners who are tired of being treated as fools.

Let the government focus and stop this cosmetic surgery approach to issues.

APCsupporter:
Np, the economy no longer totally dependent on oil. Fighting them has never been a problem

jummex8228:
Okay,go ahead and kill the them. FG won't release that kunu or whateva the boy is called
And if you decide to kill the expatraite.
The whole world will make sure biafra becomes a history told by others to warn their children against been violent to the government.
If you lyk call me a tyrant or go ahead and abuse it ur omo inside garri.
Foolish people born with little brain.

jummex8228:
Okay,go ahead and kill the them. FG won't release that kunu or whateva the boy is called
And if you decide to kill the expatraite.
The whole world will make sure biafra becomes a history told by others to warn their children against been violent to the government.
If you lyk call me a tyrant or go ahead and abuse it ur omo inside garri.
Foolish people born with little brain.

jummex8228:
Okay,go ahead and kill the them. FG won't release that kunu or whateva the boy is called
And if you decide to kill the expatraite.
The whole world will make sure biafra becomes a history told by others to warn their children against been violent to the government.
If you lyk call me a tyrant or go ahead and abuse it ur omo inside garri.
Foolish people born with little brain.

lincolnj88:
okorocha, ngige is not the channel to diplomatic approach....
they are legal approach we should follow...