The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that elections would be boycotted in the South East states starting with the Anambra State gubernatorial elections scheduled for November 18 if the Federal Government fails to hold referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra.
Kanu, who is facing charges of treasonable felony at the Federal High Court in Abuja, has been at the vanguard of the call for an independent Biafra Republic from the Nigerian state.
In granting him bail in April after more than a year in detention, Justice Nyako listed 12 conditions, including an order for Kanu to avoid being seen in a crowd of more than 10 people.
The court also instructed that Kanu desist from granting interviews or engaging in any form of rallies as part of his conditions for bail.
However, in the 16 minutes, 21 seconds video posted on Youtube, Kanu who is seen speaking to a congregation of Biafran supporters also notes that there would be no form of election in the Southeast during the 2019 general elections, stressing that he would not relent in his agitation for Biafra.
Last month, while addressing the members of the Jewish Synagogue at his residence in Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia in Abia state, Southeast Nigeria, Kanu declared that the coming of the Republic of Biafra was imminent.
Similarly, Kanu had told Al Jazeera that he was not bothered about landing in trouble over his actions due to the bail conditions given to him by Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Division of the High Court.
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