A retired military officer, Colonel Hassan Stan-Labo, has explained why the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, are not attracting any sympathy.
He spoke during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today with Seun Okinbaloye.
Stan-Labo was reacting to the categorization of IPOB as a terrorist group by the military.
He stated that “one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.
“A very thin line separates a militia group and a terrorist group. They are all of nuisance value to national security. They both bear arms, they both kill defenceless individuals, they do things that contradict our very laws and so on.
“In fact, the militia is just at the mercy of the labelling authority.”
“One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. However, even if you say you are a freedom fighter or you are pursuing self-determination or whatever, your approach, the manner in which you handle the situation can negativity upon you or attract public sympathy for you.
“There is a way (that) whatever IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu are doing could have really attracted sympathy for them,” Stan-Labo said.
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