Independent day celebration: IPOB members remove Biafra flags from cars, to wear black today (Details, pics)

It has emerged that leaders and members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South-East have been holding secret meetings to avoid arrest by the military and other security agancies in the region.

The leaders also asked their members to wear black on Sunday (today) to mark Nigeria’s Independence Day.

Reporters reveals that they spoke to a leader of an IPOB group in Owerri. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the man said he held regular meetings with his members in secret since IPOB was proscribed and the whereabouts of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu became unknown.

He said,

“We hold our meetings in school halls or church premises without displaying any items that can be used to identify us as IPOB members.”
In a telephone interview, the Coordinator of IPOB in Ebonyi State, Ugochukwu Nweke, said the group had designated October 1 (today) to mourn the killing of its members during the military onslaught of their leader’s home.

On whether IPOB would celebrate the Independence Day, Nweke asked the essence of such celebration. He said:

“Which country’s independence are we celebrating? God never created us and called us Nigeria. God created countries and gave them their own separate names. We are Biafrans and we are not participating in anything called Nigeria’s independence.

“On October 1, we are not gathering anywhere. People have been advised to go about their normal business or stay at home.