Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB), has declared that actualising a free Biafra this time would not need or require battling another common war.
He spoke yesterday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, while responding to the chieftaincy title of Ihe Africa (Light of Africa) conferred to his brother (Nnamdi) on Thursday at Amakwo in Orsu Board of Imo State by a gathering of traditional rulers in the state, Emmanuel, who got the title for the benefit of Nnamdi, stated:
“The battle for Biafra is a peaceful development that has increased worldwide force; henceforth we don’t have to battle again to have Biafra.”
He depicted the respect gave on Nnamdi by the monarchs as deserved encouragement for his struggle and called on all and sundry, especially skeptics, to join Biafra exponents in the struggle.
It was gathered that While conferring the IPOB pioneer with the title on behalf of the traditional rulers, Eze Gideon Ejike said the respect was in valuation for Nnamdi’s mental fortitude and extraordinary penances towards actualisation of Biafra.