“Biafra issue is a diplomatic matter, if America does not support us, it will not work. So, IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu cannot get Biafra, what the IPOB is doing is a waste of time.”
Leader of Biafra Zionists Federation, Benjamin Onwuka, has dismissed the agitation by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra as a ‘waste of time.’ Onwuka on Tuesday in Enugu said Biafra would not achieve its purpose unless approved by the United States, revealing former Minister of Finance Okonjo-Iweala as Biafra’s Ambassador to US. Onwuka who is also a lawyer named himself and notable easterners on July 25, 2017, who shares the same Biafra perspective, named himself interim President of Biafra which includes Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Labaran Maku, Prof. Jerry Gana, Prof. Barth Nnaji, and Chief Nnia Nwodo, among others.
Onwuka said “We are hopeful that Biafra is going to be approved in December by the US because this problem of Biafra is not about IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu, it is about America’s support. We are now waiting for Trump’s endorsement before Christmas. Whatever we are doing is based on America’s diplomatic engagement. Biafra issue is a diplomatic matter, if America does not support us, it will not work. So, IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu cannot get Biafra, what the IPOB is doing is a waste of time.”
Meanwhile, preparation to announce the Republic Of Biafra before Christmas in Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, which he referred to as an Igbo territory. He also trashed the approach of some eastern leaders who paid a visit to President Buhari on behalf of the younger generation’s actions by blaming it on their lack of experience during the civil war which most of them were not part of.