A new pro-Biafra group, the Biafra Nations Youth
League, BNYL, has joined the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB,
in its struggle for a sovereign state.
Leader of the new group, Prince Robinson C. Obuka said
BNYL is a community-based organization of youths with headquarters in Bakassi
Peninsula, Cameroon.
The group was reportedly established on August 3, 2013
in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, following agreements by members and founders to
uphold the unity of the various ethnic nations in the Bight of Biafra.
The group said it supported all the actions taken so
far by IPOB on the continued detention of its leader, Kanu.
Already, IPOB has declared May 30 as a sit-at-home day
to drive home its point and to further push for the unconditional release of
its detained leaders, who are facing treason charges in a Federal High Court,
Abuja.
Obuka said, “The BNYL believes in due process to
freedom and especially due consultations and have assured the aggrieved people
of Biafra that we will remain steadfast in the greater dream of achieving
Biafra and would make sure the various ethnic nations stay focused.”
The group said it had organised a congress with the
Governing Council of former British Southern Cameroons in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
in the past, during which a declaratory speech in support of Biafra
independence and Biafra-Southern Cameroons Coalition was made by the Council
Deputy Leader, Applaud Prince.
Obuka added, “Following the development, President of
Southern Cameroons Youth League and Secretary General of the Organization of
Emerging African States, Dr Ebenezer Dereck Mbongo Akwanga, a one time prisoner
spoke with IBTIMES UK that Biafra-Southern Cameroon Coalition is a possibility
as the people share similar culture and history.
“Another activist from Manyu division, Comrade Ashu
Shamy, a former SUG President in Cameroon and co-founder of BNYL confirmed that
his people and Cross Riverians are one and would never kick against Biafra.”
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