Let’s unite, occupy Aso Rock for Nnamdi Kanu’s release – Ikenga Think- Tank urges Nigerians

A pan-Igbo pressure group, the Ikenga Think-Tank, has urged all Nigerians, irrespective of tribe and religion, to participate in the planned protest for the release of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Ikenga Think-Tank made the call in a statement released on Saturday by Dr Dunkwu Agbambu.

The FreeeNnamdiKanuNow protest, which is being spearheaded by activist Omoyele Sowore, is slated for Monday, October 20.

The statement, titled, ‘The peoples communique for justice and liberation’, demanded the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu.

It appealed to various ethnic groups in the country to support the protest, noting that Kanu was fighting for all oppressed Nigerians and not only the Igbos.

“To all Nigerian youths, students, patriots, children of the Rising Sun, children of Odùduwà, the descendants of the great Hausa and Kanem-Bornu warriors, heirs of the Niger-Benue cradle, the hour has come! The drums of freedom are beating again. Our fathers’ lands are once again being defiled by the violence of Fulani terrorism, armed invaders who burn villages, occupy farmlands, rape and slaughter innocents while the government watches in silence and the security forces hunt indigenous young people in the East. Every night our mothers’ tears drench the soil of every region from North to South.

“We have watched the same enemies who ravaged our villages during the slave raids of old now disguise themselves in modern garments of government, spreading terror, poverty, and injustice across every corner of this wounded nation using APC and other political instruments.

“The courts, once the sacred temples of justice, have been turned into markets, where truth is sold to the highest bidder and a trading posts for corruption and oppression. The people’s will have been chained by a system that despises freedom and fears enlightenment. Our political systems have become tools of enslavement, designed to keep the poor voiceless and the brave in chains.

“Yet amidst this darkness, one voice rose, a voice of truth, courage, and prophecy. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu warned that the caliphate would spread terror, that they would buy over the courts, infiltrate the military and the police, and enslave our people through fear. That Nigeria’s foundation was a prison built to break her own children. Every word he spoke has come to pass. And for that truth, he was abducted illegally from Kenya and caged in defiance of international laws and basic humanity.

“Now, the question is, will we watch in silence again? No! For silence now is betrayal!! The time for silence is over. The time for excuses is gone. The time for action and unity has come. From the savannas of the North to the forests of the East, from the Delta Creeks to the Yoruba plains, let every indigenous tribe, every student, every farmer, every hunter, every market man and woman, every patriot must rise and join Mazi Omoyele Sowore, another fearless son of the soil and all the other forces of conscience to occupy Aso Rock and the streets of Abuja, the roads of Lagos, the fields of Kaduna, the hills of Enugu, the Creeks of the Delta, the commercial cities of Aba, Nnewi and Onitsha until justice speaks and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is released! Our demand is simple, immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu!!! Freedom for all indigenous peoples of Nigeria!”

The statement noted that no force can stop the protest if nigerians unite for Kanu’s release.

Stressing that the protest is not a challenge to the state, Ikenga Think-Tank noted the protesters are only asking for justice.

“Until justice flows like a river and freedom becomes the air we breathe, we occupy Aso Rock! Let every street in Nigeria become a voice. Let Abuja shake under the footsteps of a united people. Let the gates of Aso Rock hear the cry of the forgotten, a cry that will not be silenced anymore until freedom answers. We are not enemies of the state; we are the soul of the nation! We do not seek war; we demand justice! We do not bring hate; we bring truth, and truth is revolution.

The memory of our ancestors live within us from Queen Amina to Ovonramwen, from Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to Obafemi Awolowo, from Ken Saro-Wiwa to Isaac Boro. They whisper one command: “Arise, O sons and daughters of light! Take back your land, your dignity, and your destiny.”

Amid concerns over possible breakdown of law and order during the protest, Ikenga Think-Tank appealed for a violent, peaceful exercise.

The statement added, “Let this movement be peaceful but unrelenting, disciplined but unshakable, unified but unstoppable. Let no tribe stand alone, for oppression has no tribe, and freedom belongs to all.

“Until justice is done, until the chains of our prophet are broken, until Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is unconditionally released, we hold out fort at Aso Rock!!! Freedom for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu! Justice for all indigenous peoples! Liberation for Nigeria!”