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Ahead of the general elections slated to hold on the 25th of February, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has denied ever issuing a sit-at-home order contrary to claims in some quarters.
IPOB clarified that even though it has no interest in the elections conducted in Nigeria, hence, it never ordered a sit-at-home during the February polls.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the group is only interested in the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and the actualisation of Biafra.
Powerful said the Pan-Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction Coalition, PANPIEC, should stop linking IPOB to criminal gangs ordering sit-at-home in the South East.
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He noted that IPOB and the Eastern Security Network, ESN, do not have any faction or splinter groups.
A statement by Powerful which was made available to The Eastern Updates reads in part: ‘It’s on record and in public domain that IPOB has not called for any sit-at-home during the February elections.
‘We reiterate for the records that, IPOB have not, did not and will not issue any sit-at-home order in February during the elections period.
‘We also did not call for any boycott of the upcoming elections yet. Nobody should blame or link IPOB to the statements or actions of government [agents] operating in the Eastern Region.’
Meanwhile, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has insisted that the 2023 election will hold despite the threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The group pointed out that the will of the people would overwhelm every distraction from participating in the poll in the South-East.
There has been concern over the possible postponement of the general election as a result of rising cases of insecurity in some parts of the country particularly in the South-East.
