BY NGOZI OKORIE
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not officially declared ‘no election’ in Anambra State.
The proscribed group maintained that its pre-occupation was the restoration of Biafra Republic.
The group also said categorically that it should not be equated with Boko Haram terrorists or bandits, noting that anyone who did that was ignorant and mischievous.
It said it had no plans of attacking South Easterners and South Southerners, stressing that violence was not part of its philosophy.
These positions were made public in a statement signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Monday.
The statement reads in part, “It is important to note that contrary to speculations, IPOB has not officially declared ‘no election in Anambra State’. Our preoccupation is Biafra restoration.
“Anybody equating IPOB strategy with Boko Haram terrorists, bandits and herdsmen is ignorant and mischievous. Many acclaimed Northerners don’t know what we are doing to restore Biafra.
“We read with amusement, a fallacious media remark by one inconsequential Shekau, a self-acclaimed supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari where he displayed his ignorance and cluelessness about IPOB, our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and the goings-on in Biafra land.
“As much as we would not want to dignify this amorphous fellow with a response, the pertinent question is: who is this Shekau without a surname that a national newspaper should publish?
“It is a pity that this ignoble fellow and attention seeker compared a non-violent movement like IPOB to Boko Haram terrorists created and groomed by the North to kill Jewish and Christian adherents, Indigenous Northerners and security agents.
“IPOB has seen numerous false propaganda in the past and we are not in any way moved by this latest vomit. We know the antics of our enemies who are never tired of sponsoring media lies to cover up their evil and rubbish our struggle for independence but we are not deterred.
“Contrary to the vomit by this inconsequential fellow, IPOB has no plans to attack South Easterners and South Southerners. In the first place, violence is not part of our philosophy. Assuming we want to resort to violence, how can we attack our people whom we are fighting for?
“It does not make any sense. But we know their motive for peddling this falsehood as our intelligence report confirms the importation and stock piling of arms from Pakistan for their planned invasion of Biafraland but we are waiting for them.”
