Indigenous People of Biafra

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

Headquarters	London
Website	http://www.ipob.org/

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is an association of indigenous Ethnic groups that constituted what was Biafra prior to the coming of the European colonialists. It is led by Nnamdi Kanu, a United Kingdom-based political activist who has been illegally detained by the Nigerian government since October 2015 despite court orders for his release.

Ideology

IPOB peacefully agitates for the restoration of the sovereignty of the Republic of Biafra along the pre-colonial lines, comprising mainly of the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria.The organization believes that the lack of commonality of values between Biafra and the other parts of Nigeria makes it impossible to have a workable union.The Organization has remained very peaceful in its effort at restoring Biafra. However, as is the case with most colonial outposts in black Africa, the Federal Government of the Nigerian state has descended heavily on the members, labeling the organization is illegal and suggesting that it was against the law to opt out of the Nigerian union. IPOB is not the only organization agitation for the self determination of the people of Biafra and restoration of the old Biafran Kingdom as it was prior to the coming of the European colonialists. Other associations with similar goals include the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB), the Biafra Zionist Movement(BZM), the Lower Niger Congress(LNC)among others.

See also

• Radio Biafra
• Republic of Biafra
• Nigeria-Biafra War
• Igbo People
• Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
• Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
• Movement for the Emancipation of the Middle belt (Federal Republic of Kwararafa)

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