Shun British Army recruitment, IPOB warns Southeast youths

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged youths successful the South-East portion of Nigeria not to enactment successful the British service recruitment, informing that it is simply a deceptive crippled to usage and discard them.

The pro-Biafran radical said the informing became imperative due to the fact that galore African soldiers who died successful defence of Britain during World War I were ne'er recognized, and those who survived were sent backmost to Africa without compensation, whereas their British and different counterparts were adequately compensated and recognized aft the war.

In a connection connected Saturday, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, insisted that Biafrans should not let themselves to beryllium recruited to combat for a state that does not worth them.

He stressed that Britain has a past of utilizing Africans arsenic sacrificial lambs successful its wars and urged Biafran youths to debar falling unfortunate to this signifier erstwhile again.

The connection read, “The household of IPOB led by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, warns Biafran youths to shun the deceptive determination by the British authorities to enlistee them among the Commonwealth citizens to articulation their Army to combat their aboriginal wars.

“IPOB is calling connected Biafran youths to debar being utilized arsenic sacrificial lambs by the British government, which has nary respect for you oregon your lives. The British authorities has commenced the recruitment of Africans to combat their wars arsenic they did decades ago.

“During WWI, the British and the European countries utilized Africans to combat their wars. By November 1918, the British Army successful East Africa was chiefly composed of African soldiers.

“One of the units was the West African Frontier Force, consisting of soldiers drawn from Nigeria, particularly Igbos and South Easterners, others from Southern Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), and Sierra Leone. Another portion was called the King’s African Rifles, recruited from Kenya, Uganda, and Nyasaland (Malawi). Over 180,000 Africans served successful the British Carrier Corps.

“Thousands of these African soldiers who died successful defence of Britain were ne'er recognized. At the aforesaid time, those of them who survived the warfare were sent backmost to Africa without compensation, whereas their British and different counterparts were adequately compensated and recognized aft the war.”

It added that for Britain to go a superpower, thousands of Africans were utilized arsenic sacrificial lambs.

“Similarly, during the 1939–1945 WWII, thousands of Africans were recruited and sacrificed for Britain to go a superpower. The ongoing program to enlistee Africans again, particularly Biafrans, to beryllium sacrificed for the assemblage imperialists volition not work.

“The radical of Biafra volition ne'er beryllium sacrificed for those who don’t admit america arsenic quality beings. We tin confidently recognize that our fathers told america that they fought to prevention the United Kingdom during the Second World War but were abandoned by the British Government.

“IPOB is informing Biafrans to shun the ongoing British subject recruitment. They don’t caput that they accidental it’s Commonwealth countries. They are targeting the Biafrans, and we indispensable beryllium precise careful.

“If Britain tin person a precise strict visa argumentation for African immigrants, wherefore past bash they person a precise relaxed and casual exertion to articulation the British Army?

“If Africans bash not find it casual to migrate to Britain with a enactment visa, determination are nary bases to springiness Africans a flexible visa to articulation the British Army. Biafrans should not let themselves to beryllium slaughtered for a federation that doesn’t attraction astir their state oregon existence.

“The British Government contributed to and spearheaded the Biafran genocide and the continuous subjugation of Biafrans successful Nigeria.”

Powerful noted that IPOB volition not let Biafrans to beryllium exploited by Britain for selfish gains and called connected Biafran parents to counsel their children against joining the British subject recruitment.

He besides urged Biafran youths to beryllium omniscient and not articulation the service of their oppressors for citizenship oregon monetary rewards.

“IPOB volition not let Biafrans to beryllium utilized again by Britain done the Commonwealth channels to enlistee soldiers to combat against Russia oregon immoderate different country. We, therefore, telephone connected the Biafran parents to counsel their children against joining the British subject recruitment.

“Also, the Biafran youths should beryllium omniscient not to articulation their oppressor’s Army for citizenship oregon monetary rewards. Do not beryllium a sacrificial lamb for your oppressors,” the connection concluded.

Instead, the radical encouraged youths to articulation hands with IPOB to reconstruct Biafra, a federation they tin beryllium arrogant of. IPOB besides demanded the merchandise of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is presently detained successful Nigeria.