The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have sent a statement to Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NNPP presidential candidate, regarding the group’s apparent connection to Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate.
The pro-secessionist activists claimed to have learned of a quote attributed to Kwankwaso that connected Obi to the Biafra organization.
The former governor of Anambra State is not a member of IPOB and has never backed the movement for self-determination, the group stated, thus Kwankwaso should stop making these linkages.
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The Biafra group said in a letter signed and made public by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, that the organization led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has no interest in the Nigerian election process.
IPOB emphasized that Kwankwaso should settle his disputes with the presidential aspirant instead of associating him with the Biafra group, noting that the Kano State man was not prepared to play second fiddle to a Southerner, particularly a Christian presidential candidate.
Powerful issued a warning that IPOB is not associated with any political party and will not work with anyone, especially leading up to the general elections in 2023.
The statement reads in full: “The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the command and leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to advise the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwoso not to involve IPOB in the selection process they call an election in Nigeria.
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“The Nigerian politicians generally and Kwankwaso, in particular, should desist from linking IPOB with Peter Obi’s political ambition and campaign. Peter Obi is not an IPOB member and never supported our agitation for freedom at any time because he pursues a totally different goal from that of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“We have no interest in the Nigerian morally decadent and fantastically corrupt political system and landscape.
“If Kwankwaso is threatened by the Labour party & Peter Obi’s teeming support by the creative and talented but downtrodden, neglected, deceived, deprived, killed (Endsars) Nigerian youths from even the North which your generation does not have any good intentions for, then he should go forward and settle his differences and stop linking IPOB to their problem.
“IPOB is not interested in the worthless politics you play in Nigeria, we don’t regard such daylight robbery, fraud, manipulation and selection as election.
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“Maybe there is something Kwankwaso is not telling the world. Instead of saying the truth that because he is Fulani with the (born to rule mentality), he cannot play second fiddle to a Southern Christian presidential candidate, he has the temerity to associate our hallowed liberation movement with the shameless murky waters of the Zoo politics.
“IPOB is not concerned with the waves of this election; we have never asked for nor said anything contrary to our goal and demand. What we need is a referendum, and a referendum we must have. There are no middle ways for us as a people as far as our liberty and freedom is concerned.
“There is, therefore, nothing anybody can do to change our resolve towards our stated goal, which is the restoration of Biafra.
“If there is a region to avoid due to criminality with Terrorism, it is Northern Nigeria which sponsors several terrorist groups as joint venture partners and recycles them in the military and ministries, you should feel non – Northerners’ pulses when they helplessly tag along with you guys to ascertain the sensitivity of their irritations and pounding of hearts in silent prayers for safety.”
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“Peter Obi is not a member of IPOB and he is neither agitating or in support of our Self Determination struggle. Why associate him with IPOB’s struggle for freedom. IPOB does not know who Peter Obi is going by our biodata bank.
“Our demand is our inalienable rights to self-determination and this we seek through a universally recognised and accepted political process called *REFERENDUM* as stipulated by the United Nations Charter.
“IPOB wish to use this medium and opportunity to warn every politician in Nigeria to desist from linking IPOB with their politics and selection process because we are not politicians and have no common interest. We are freedom fighters,” he added.
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