From Stanley Uzoaru, OwerriThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that recent remarks by Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, have confirmed warnings repeatedly issued by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, over the last decade. The group tied Jingir’s comments directly to the continued detention of Kanu, arguing that his prosecution is connected to the broader issue of religious identity in Nigeria. IPOB said Kanu is “no terrorist” but “a whistleblower who exposed an organised design to alter Nigeria’s religious character.” The group said Jingir’s declaration “provides further public evidence requiring international scrutiny of the danger” Kanu had warned about. “The warnings once ridiculed are being vindicated by events and by the increasingly brazen declarations now being made in public.”