The Indigenous People of Biafra has told Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, to cancel the crusade being scheduled to hold in Aba, the Abia State capital in view of the insecurity in the South-East.
The church’s crusade is slated to run between May 24 to 29 in Aba.
The nationalist separatist group warned that criminals might want to take the advantage of the crusade to infiltrate in order to perpetrate evil during the period.
IPOB, in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, urged the clergyman to pray for an end to the insecurity in the South-East and also tasked Christians to engage God in fervent prayers to expose those behind heinous crime in the zone.
The statement read that “The Indigenous People of Biafra, ably led by our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to advise Pastor Kumuyi of Deeper Life Ministry to take note of the security situation in the South-East as he comes to Aba for his gospel crusade.
“Let him and the organizers of the crusade make sure that nothing happens.
“The security of this region is not good because of political and criminal activities. Therefore, we advise him to stop this crusade for security reasons. We equally want them to be united against the Islamic agenda against non Muslims in Nigeria.
“We had expected them to demand justice for the innocent Deborah Yakubu burnt alive by Muslim fanatics in Sokoto State. Her killers are walking freely today and 34 lawyers shamelessly volunteered to defend her killers but Christians are just watching them.
“The double faced Nigeria security agencies only managed to arrest two of her killers because they are Muslims. If it were to be in Biafra land, all the youths on the street will be in police cell by now while the unlucky ones would have been killed.
“How many Igbo or Christian lawyers came to defend our leader fighting for the freedom of all Biafrans but 34 Muslim lawyers have come in defense of killers of Deborah Yakubu? Is it not time Christians and men of God woke up to the realities in Nigeria?
“They should support Biafra and Oduduwa agitators in their bid to free Biafra and Oduduwa republics from the Islamic bondage in Nigeria so that they will enjoy freedom of worship in both republics.
“Leah Shuaibu is still in captivity today because she is a Christian but all the Muslims abducted along with her have since been freed. Christians must support IPOB to liberate them from bondage in Nigeria.”
Describing the leadership as the real problems of the people, IPOB urged Kumuyi to “use the opportunity to pray against the powers holding people captive in Nigeria in your church in Lagos.”
