Nnamdi Kanu came out of hiding to make money from 2019 polls - Uwazuruike

- The sudden reappearance of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) has been described as a move made to promote his selfish ambition

- One of those who refer to Kanu's resurfacing as only for his interest is Ralph Uwazuruike, the leader of MASSOB - Uwazuruike said that Kanu returned just to make money from 2019 general polls The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has told the Igbo people to dismiss comments made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday, October 21. Speaking in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Monday, October 22, Uwazuruike said that Kanu’s directive to the Igbo to boycott the 2019 elections except there is a referendum, is for his selfish gain, The Cable reports.  Kanu resurfaced in Jerusalem, Israel after 13 months’ absence, saying he would come back to Nigeria to oversee the emergence of Biafra. Kanu had earlier stated: “I decree that there is no longer South East or South South Nigeria, it shall be known as Biafra, without referendum nothing will happen in Nigeria. IPOB will not participate in any election and that position will never change.” However, Uwazuruike said Kanu reappeared because of the 2019 elections “so as to deceive the people and mop up money for himself."

He told the Igbo that Kanu was only deceiving them, adding that it is to their disadvantage if they follow his advice. Uwazuruike said: “Last time, he carried a campaign that there wouldn’t be election in Anambra state and what eventually happened in the end?” “Today, he has started again. He is back again after several months, because election is just by the corner, so as to deceive the people and mop up money for himself as the IPOB leader and in the name of fighting for the realisation of Biafra independence. “That he ran away after a while and reappeared during the electioneering period is deceitful. The issue of no election is a constitutional matter. Kanu does not have the powers to say that election can never take place in the south-east. “The truth is that in the south-east, we have only five states and what a presidential candidate, for example, only needs to win his or her election is two-thirds majority vote.

“If the five states out of the 36 states, including the FCT, do not vote and 31 states vote, two-thirds majority would still be gotten. The president then has the powers to appoint anybody to be in charge of the other five states who do not vote. This is, therefore, politically detrimental to Ndigbo.

“These are things some Igbo people do not know. Kanu has started his campaign to cause more confusion for our people, which I call campaign of calumny and deceit. He is being used to destabilise Ndigbo towards gaining the independence of Biafra. Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1199686-nnamdi-kanu-hiding-money-2019-polls-uwazuruike.html