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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the purported removal of existing, though obsolete rail lines in Southeast, saying it is a waste of effort, noting that even if it didn’t, it will surely remove and replace them with modern railroads with capacity to support modern speed trains as soon as Biafra is restored.
IPOB, which condemned the purported removal of existing, though obsolete rail lines in Southeast, attributing it to the handiwork of Federal Government, lamented that the government of Nigeria refused to lay new railway lines into Igboland, but was busy laying rail lines from Katsina to Niger Republic with resources gotten from Biafraland.
In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB said: “Whatever inferior, substandard, and shoddy railroads they are building now is nothing compared to what we shall build in the immediate future,” noting that “all African countries will emulate the massive infrastructural development that will happen within the first five years of Biafra Independence.
“IPOB is determined and will not be perturbed by any wickedness being meted to us because it is only for a short time longer now.”
The group which alleged that the removal is not unconnected to the Federal Government’s hatred against Ndigbo, further noted that it was not afraid of the steps, promising its members of its soon to commence laying of its own railways in the region that would link it with Ambazonia and other African Countries.
The statement reads inter alia: “We condemn the continued removal of existing though obsolete rail lines in Biafraland, particularly in Igbo territory.
“The rail lines in Igboland were built by their colonial masters who saw the need for Igboland to be connected by railroads because we were one of the most civilized nations around, and also an industrial hub then as well as now.
“Nigeria Government is removing these rail tracks claiming it is using it to repay Eastern States’ loans from China government. We ask them, when did Eastern States borrow money from China?
“Do our people really know why they are removing only the rail lines in our land? It is because they know that we are about to leave and celebrate our freedom from Nigeria,” Powerful stressed./SHARE THIS
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