Former Southeast spokesman for President Bola Tinubu, Denge Josef Onoh, has faulted the latest threats issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), describing them as reckless, provocative, and counterproductive to the freedom of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Onoh, in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja, reprimanded IPOB’s spokesperson for threatening “unimaginable consequences” and the outright “end of Nigeria” if anything happens to Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
He warned that such statements were not only inflammatory but also dangerous provocations that serve no one but the enemies of the Igbo.
“It is the kind of bellicose posturing that has repeatedly sabotaged every glimmer of hope for Kanu’s release and poisoned the wall of constructive dialogue. Let’s be unequivocal: IPOB’s threats are not the voice of a people seeking justice; they are the desperate cries of a movement that has lost its way, equating itself to the triggers of World War I, while ignoring the self-inflicted wounds it has inflicted on the Southeast,” Onoh said.
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He accused IPOB of hypocrisy, stating: “You warned of a ‘keg of gunpowder’ and accused the DSS of deliberate endangerment, yet you conveniently forget how your enforced sit-at-home directives, now a weekly ritual of economic sabotage, have already detonated that powder keg in our markets, schools, and homes. These are not acts of resistance. They are acts of collective punishment against the very Igbo whose cause you claim to champion. Your words do not rally allies. They repel, turning potential mediators into hardened skeptics.”
Onoh emphasized that for many years he had been at the forefront of advocating for Kanu’s release on compassionate and strategic grounds. He recalled that on September 20, he publicly urged President Bola Tinubu to hand Kanu over to the custody of Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta Mbata, as a humanitarian gesture to de-escalate tensions and restore investor confidence in the Southeast.
“This was not empty talk. It was a pathway rooted in equity, aligning with Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda of inclusive governance. I commended the President’s diplomatic triumphs, such as the conviction of the Finland-based criminal, Simon Ekpa, whose gang has masqueraded as IPOB to unleash terror. Yet, every time voices like mine, or those of our governors, Ohanaeze, and traditional rulers, gain traction for political solutions, IPOB unleashes a torrent of threats that drown out reason and embolden the hardliners in Abuja to dig in deeper,” he said.
Onoh noted that the consistent undermining of such efforts was not accidental but a pattern of self-sabotage. He recalled that in 2023, he prioritized Kanu’s release over the Senate Presidency for the Southeast and even pleaded for Kanu to be allowed to attend trial from home to end the sit-at-home order, but IPOB’s response was more shutdowns, more violence, and no progress toward freedom.
“You lash out at some Igbo as collaborators and political jobbers, but who are the true betrayers here? Those of us building bridges, or you, who burn them with every hyperbolic warning? History will not vindicate a struggle that prioritizes apocalypse over atonement—that demands release without reckoning for the victims of IPOB-linked atrocities, from displaced families to the blood on the hands of criminals hiding in your shadow,” Onoh added.
He dismissed IPOB’s threats of ending Nigeria, saying such posturing was both absurd and unrealistic. “And now, this absurd saber-rattling about ending Nigeria? Under President Tinubu’s resolute leadership, such fantasies are not just impossible—they are laughable. Tinubu has stared down greater storms: from global economic headwinds to internal banditry, all while extending olive branches to the Southeast through appointments like the current Chief of Naval Staff for the Nigerian Navy, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, whereas no individual from Igbo extraction held such in the previous administration,” Onoh stressed.
He warned that IPOB’s activities were only destroying the region economically and socially. “Your threats will not fracture the federation; they will fracture the Southeast further. Mark my words: this path leads only to isolation and impoverishment. The sit-at-home orders you once wielded as a weapon have already ravaged our markets—Onitsha’s trade volumes halved, Aba’s factories idled, Enugu’s streets ghost towns—driving away investors and youth to Lagos and Abuja. Our GDP contribution shrinks while our people bear the brunt: empty pockets, shuttered businesses, and a generation radicalized into despair. You speak of grave consequences for Nigeria and the wider region, but the real crisis is the one you’ve engineered at home—a self-imposed siege that starves the Southeast of the very prosperity needed to fuel any genuine agitation.”
Onoh urged IPOB to change course and embrace dialogue, not threats. “If you truly care for his health and freedom, join the chorus for dialogue, not division. Engage with Ohanaeze, apologize to the victims of the violence your name has been dragged into, and support the political channels we are forging. President Tinubu’s administration is open to equity—witness the pardons extended to northern agitators and the crackdown on Ekpa’s thugs. But threats? They only harden resolve and deepen our isolation.”
He concluded by calling on IPOB to abandon ultimatums and embrace wisdom. “The Igbo spirit is one of resilience and ingenuity, not ruinous ultimatums. Choose wisdom over wrath, or history will record IPOB not as liberators but as the architects of our needless suffering. Release Kanu through reason, not rupture. The keg of gunpowder is yours to defuse—if you have the courage—and if you fail to do so before the end of the year, then will you know the true meaning of late Gen. Mohammed Buhari’s statement when he said, ‘The Southeast is a dot in a circle!’ Do not dare nor test the resolve and restraint of President Tinubu because I know the consequences.” Onoh warned.