The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it is not
interested in Nigeria’s 2023 general election.
In a statement on Monday by Emma Powerful, its publicity
secretary, the group also denied its involvement in an attack on the office of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo state.
Aside from attacks recorded in previous months, INEC offices
in Osun, Ogun, and Ebonyi have been razed within the last five weeks.
More recently, the commission’s offices in Imo were set
ablaze, with several permanent voter cards (PVCs), ballot boxes, and other
election materials destroyed.
The police in Imo had said gunmen suspected to be IPOB
members were behind the attack on the INEC office in Oru west area of the
state.
Speaking on the development, IPOB said claims that its
members were behind the attacks in Imo are false.
“We the global family and movement of the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of the great liberator Mazi
Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU wish to disassociate ourselves from the recent attacks on
the INEC office in Owerri Imo State,” the statement reads.
“Neither IPOB nor ESN
operatives have anything to do with Nigeria’s fraud elections in 2023. We have
never supported nor involved ourselves in any election obstruction or violence as
a movement.
“The only action we can take is to call our people to
boycott voting if the need arises. But as of today, IPOB is not interested in
Nigeria and its electoral activities and has never asked anyone to carry out
any attack on our behalf.
“For the Nigeria Government and her compromised Police to
link IPOB and ESN to their sponsored attacks on INEC Offices has shown that
they are deluded, misguided, deceitful, and don’t know the norms on which IPOB
operates.
“Nigeria’s government and her security agencies are working
day and night to blackmail the IPOB self-determination movement.”
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