The Indigenous People of Biafra has dispatched petition to Am­nesty International over the arrest and detention of Radio Biafra director, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
This is coming at a time when Imo State Governor and Chairman of All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha said Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
It was gathered that IPOB submitted the peti­tion at the India office of Amnesty International.
Meanwhile, Okorocha, while condemning protest over Kanu’s arrest main­tained that the unity of the Nigeria is not negotiable, stressed that the agitation for Biafra was diversion­ary.
Okorocha said the pro­tests were highly regretta­ble “especially when it was clear that such violent pro­tests in the name of Biafra would not add any value to the development of the South-East and the progress of the people of the area.
“Governors and leaders of the South-East condemn the protests, especially when they were carried out in the name of Biafra. If a section of the people in the South-East or even the whole people in the geo-po­litical zone protest over the bad shape of federal roads or protest over total negli­gence of the geo-political zone, every governor and leader in the area would support that but not to pro­test over an issue that is nei­ther here nor there.
“The South-East is an integral part of Nigeria and the governors and lead­ers from the area so much believe in the unity of the country and would always work towards sustaining that unity. As far as the gov­ernors and leaders of the South-East are concerned, those behind the campaign for Biafra have their ulterior motive, which has nothing to do with corporate inter­est of Ndi-Igbo in Nigeria of our collective dream,” Okorocha said.
Okorocha, called on those behind the protests on the basis of Biafra to give peace a chance.
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