The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has condemned the call by the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari should not release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu before May 29.

IPOB warned the Arewa community to stop talking trash against Kanu’s release.

The leader of the Community, Musa Saidu, made the call while faulting the remark by the President-General of Ohanaeze, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

The Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria faulted the call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Musa Saidu, the leader of the community, made the remark in response to the call by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

Iwuanyanwu had urged Buhari to release Kanu before May 29.

However, Saidu said Iwuanyawu’s call was wrong.

He wondered if the killings in the Southeast would stop if Kanu is released.

In a statement he signed, Saidu said: “Where were they when Kanu was leading IPOB militants to kill innocent people in the South East.

“Not only in the South East, so many members of the Arewa community were attacked in Port Harcourt and nobody said anything, we have the figures, we have even the photos of those killed in cold blood.

“Now they’re clamouring for his release, what guarantee are they giving that the killings will not continue if he is released.”

Reacting, the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, described the Arewa community as a mushroom group displaying its ignorance for the world to see.

Powerful said: “We, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the command of Nnamdi Kanu, condemn the unguarded statements credited to non-existent and so-called Southern Arewa Forum against the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

“It is obvious that the mushroom Arewa group is displaying their ignorance and cluelessness to the public.

“They forgot that Nnamdi KANU’S case is in the hands of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to decide, not theirs.

“It’s unfortunate that we were forced into unity with people who don’t subscribe to the rule of law. These people have dragged the reputation of Nigeria through the mud. Today, Nigeria is considered a pariah state among civilized nations.”

IPOB informed the Arewa group that Kanu’s case has both local and international ramifications.

Kanu has been detained by the Department of State Services, DSS, since he was extra-ordinarily renditioned from Kenya.

The IPOB leader was brought back to continue his trial before the Nigerian court, over his agitation for Biafra.

Despite being discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal, the Federal Government has refused to release Kanu.