Leave us out of attacks on INEC facilities, IPOB tells police
. Denies plans to disrupt 2023 polls
By Steve Oko
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has told the Nigeria police and other security agencies to stop linking it with the senseless attacks on facilities belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Imo State.
This is coming less than one week INEC accused evil politicians of sponsoring the attacks on its offices nation wide.
IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, dissociated the pro-Biafra movement from the senseless attacks.
According to the statement, the futile attempt to link IPOB with attacks on INEC was part of the desperation by the enemies of the Biafra struggles to demonise the IPOB family, and possibly truncate the quest for Biafra restoration.
The statement made available to Wawa News Global, read in part:”Neither IPOB nor ESN operatives have anything to do with Nigeria fraud elections in 2023.
“We have never supported nor involved ourselves in any election obstruction or violence as a movement. The only actions 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 have never asked anyone to carry out any attack on our behalf.
“For the Nigeria Government and her Police to link IPOB and ESN with the attacks on INEC offices has shown that they are misguided, deceitful, and don’t know the norms on which IPOB operates.”
IPOB said that security agencies had been making frantic efforts to blackmail it but averred that no such attempts will fly as it already has a global reputation of a non-violent movement.
“Nigeria Government and her Security Agencies are working day and night to blackmail IPOB self-determination Movement.”
IPOB said that criminals attack government facilities and security agencies “rush to media to blame the attacks on IPOB and ESN without investigation.”
” There has never been anytime that Nigeria Police carried out any public inquiry on all the numerous attacks and arsons that they blamed IPOB for.”
IPOB which said it had no stake in the forthcoming general elections, vowed to deal with anyone caught disrupting the polls under the pretext of working for the movement.
“ESN operatives never attacked INEC office because we are not interested in this Nigeria’s forthcoming election in 2023. Anyone or group blaming IPOB or ESN for any attack on INEC facilities is under the influence of some powerful drugs.
“IPOB will not spare anybody using our name to disrupt election, and nobody should link us with those who are destroying election materials.”
IPOB accused security agencies of knowing more than they had disclosed about the actual identify of those behind attacks on INEC offices.
It wondered why none of the perpetrators had been arrested if truly they were not acting a script.
“Both Government agencies and those attacking INEC facilities are working together to blackmail IPOB.
“That is why the same security agencies have never arrested any of the so called attackers.
“Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said it several times that he has not asked anyone to carry out any attack on his behalf. Therefore, nobody should link us with the attack on INEC offices.
” IPOB is a civilized and disciplined Biafra Independence movement. We are not criminals nor are we part of their election thugs.”
IPOB accused politicians of recruiting criminals and hoodlums “to attack election materials and blame it on IPOB and ESN.”
The statement, however, said that no amount of sponsored blackmail against IPOB would stop the agitation for Biafra restoration, adding that it will rather fuel the agitation.
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