Nnamdi Kanu gives condition for Anambra polls to hold

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu who had all along insisted the scheduled Anambra state gubernatorial elections would not hold, has now given conditions that will allow the scheduled elections to proceed without hitch.

Kanu reportedly said this at an event in Enugu where he received awards from three Igbo groups, including the Eastern Consultative Assembly and the Igbo Students’ Association.

The IPOB leader when questioned by newsmen angrily retorted that unless the Federal Government restructures the country before October 2017, the world would be surprised with the fate that would befall the scheduled Anambra election.

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According to Kanu as quoted by ‘Daily Post’ “There will be no election in Anambra State come November 2017 and going forward there won’t be any election until they give me date for a referendum.

“They know what to do; convene a meeting, I will send my rep; give us a date for referendum, that is the only way. “In which part of this earth have you ever found a measure of self-determination to be equated to war except in Nigeria because the political leaders do not understand the difference between self determination and war? “Self-determination does not mean hate speech; the status quo can no longer remain. Like my brother Evangelist Eliot Ugochukwu-Uko said, if on or before October 1 nothing happens in terms of substantial restructuring, then there won’t be any election; the people will support us.”

There have also been calls from various quarters for the IPOB group to allow the scheduled polls to go on unhindered citing that any action against the scheduled election could truncate democracy in the state as a whole.