The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has described as “laughable” a statement credited to the National Secretary, ‘Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore’ Fulani socio-cultural association, Saleh Alhassan, linking it to the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s ‘OBIdient’ movement.
In an issued press statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB warned that nobody should drag or link it with the politics of Obi.
The group rejected the Labour Party presidential candidate, or any president of Igbo extraction, saying Nigeria was irredeemable. It said Alhassan’s statement was an insult to the Biafra struggle and the spirits of all who had died for the restoration of Biafra.
The group maintained that it neither knew Obi nor agreed with Obi’s political opinions, insisting that its interest remained the unconditional release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu and the Biafra referendum date. IPOB, it said, is neither interested in an Igbo President nor a Nigerian President of Biafra extraction.
“IPOB is a freedom fighting movement, and has nothing whatsoever to do with or in Nigerian politics. So long as we in IPOB are concerned, Nigeria is irredeemable. All we want is the unconditional release of our leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and the Biafra Referendum date”, the statement added.
