IPOB Backs Yoruba One-Million Man March

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has given strong backing to the proposed one-million man march for Yoruba self-determination.

The IPOB leader gave the backing in a post on his twitter handle on Wednesday.

The move by the IPOB leader is bound to melt the long running hostility between the two dominant ethnic groups in the South.

In his twitter post, Kanu said:

“As the brave men & women of #Oduduwa plan this historic “one million man march across Southwest”, I want to assure all & sundry that #IPOB stand with you & all oppressed ethnic groups in #Nigeria in this brave step & I implore all that desire freedom to support it. #WeMove,” he wrote.

The march is which is being planned by Ilana Omo Oodua it was learnt has, however, been postponed indefinitely.

The group in a statement obtained by GreenWhiteGreen GWG said that the march would hold in several locations across the Yoruba speaking areas of the country.

“The rally is being planned to hold in the cities of Ikeja, Ibadan, Akure, Ado-Ekiti, Osogbo, Abeokuta, Kabba and Offa in Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, Akure, Ado-Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Kogi and Kwara states respectively on Wednesday, 24th March to drum up support for the actualisation of the sovereignty of Yoruba Nation.

“We have a meeting with all Yoruba socio-cultural and self-determination groups slated for Saturday, March 27th. After the meeting, we shall announce a new date for the One Million March, but it is possible next week. Thus, we put all the seats of power in Yoruba land on notice.

“We have declared our freedom from the failed Lugardian amalgamation of 1914. We have also declared our freedom from the fraudulent 1999 constitution of Nigeria. The international community, including the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have been put on notice.

“The Government of Nigeria is being challenged legally. We are not going to engage in any illegal or violent act. We shall achieve our liberation without shedding blood. We shall deploy our material and intellectual weapons to fight this battle.”

The IPOB backing for the Yoruba march is bound to draw interest from political stakeholders and historians who have observed a long rivalry between the two dominant ethnic groups in the South.

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