The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted to a statement credited to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, linking ESN and IPOB to a planned attack on political campaigns and the forthcoming 2023 elections.
Director of Media and Public Relations of the group, Comrade Emma Powerful, in a statement on Monday, said the IG of Police should “leave IPOB volunteers and ESN Operatives alone to focus on things that matter instead of trying to get them involved in Nigeria Government and its fraudulent political processes.”
The statement read: “If Nigeria Police have concluded their plans to commit crimes during political campaigns and tag it on IPOB and ESN they will fail as usual.
“Any time Nigeria Security Agencies raise a false alarm, know that they have planned attacks to blackmail IPOB and ESN Operatives but we cannot allow them to continue their business of blackmail.
“These Security agencies have allegedly killed innocent people in an effort to blackmail IPOB but Chukwu Okike Abiama (God) has always vindicated us,” they said.
“We have always maintained that we are not interested in anything that has to do with Nigeria let alone taking any side in their fraudulent political process. IPOB are not Zoo politicians. The only political process that IPOB will participate in is an UN-supervised Biafra Referendum that will usher in Biafra Sovereignty and Independence.”
It warned that “Anyone intending to link ESN Operative, Volunteers, including IPOB members in their planned political attacks is deluded and regret will always be their portion.”
“Inspector of Police and his officers should stop their planned attacks because they will always be exposed and disgraced.”
“IPOB hands are clean in the process of blackmailing IPOB, they will plunge Nigeria into a political crisis that will consume Nigeria and their corrupt politicians. ”
If the Federal Government wants IPOB to be part of their politics, they should fix a date for Biafra Referendum then they will see the civilized political prowess of IPOB. Desperately linking IPOB to this fraudulent election shows that the Government have lost focus.”
“IPOB has remained peaceful and non-violent in our quest of seeking Biafra freedom from Nigeria State and no amount of blackmail can change our resolve to restore Biafra from the shackles of Nigeria Government.”
“Nigeria Government should leave IPOB/ESN alone. We are bigger than their political strategies. They can link or lure other groups into Nigeria Politics but not IPOB because we remain focused on our mission and can’t be attracted to what we abhor. We abhor anything Nigeria and can’t be attracted to what we have rejected.”
“We know that the IG and the Presidency have allegedly perfected plans to kill people for politics and link it to IPOB for their usual blackmail. We also know they have mobilized some compromised media houses to help them spread their lies against IPOB and ESN. We are already used to their blackmail and are waiting to expose their lies.”
“The whole world should know that IPOB is not interested in the selection process they call an election in Nigeria because it doesn’t meet our standards to achieve Biafra freedom. IPOB will achieve Biafra freedom, not through Nigeria politics or election but through an UN-supervised referendum or an outright declaration of Biafra “
