The Indigenous People of Biafra have debunked a claim linking the OBIdient movement to the National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, Saleh Alhassan.
Emma Powerful, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary warned that nobody should link the groups’ activities with the politics of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
It insisted that its concern remained the definite release of its Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Biafra Referendum date and that Alhassan’s remarks were an insult to the Biafra struggle and the lost souls in the struggle.
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“Our attention has been drawn to the laughable and disgraceful statement credited to one Saleh Alhassan of Miyetti Allah group linking the so-called Obidient movement to IPOB.
“Miyyeti Allah are not well informed to know that IPOB does not engage in seasonal jamboree and selection process called Nigerian election.IPOB can not drag its hard-earned reputation to the mud of the farce called Nigerian politics.
“Peter Obi is involved in and playing the dirty Nigerian politics while we in IPOB play advanced internationally accepted politics targeting Biafra Referendum.
‘the Igbo people rallying behind Peter Obi are not IPOB members’ because IPOB’s goal is the disintegration of the
Nigeria enterprise irrespective of whether Peter Obi or anyone else from the Biafran geographic space is contesting in the Nigerian farce of an election.
“Nigerians should understand that not every indigenous Igbo, Ibibio, Anang, Izon, Ogoni, Urhobo, etc from Biafra extraction support the Biafra Agitation by IPOB. While some are in support others are against it. That’s the democratic nature of Biafrans which only Referendum will settle.
“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 Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Biafra Referendum date,” the statement read.
