IPOB Speaks On Being Responsible For Attacks On INEC Facilities

IPOB Speaks On Being Responsible For Attacks On INEC Facilities

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied being involved in the recent attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) facilities, as the Nigeria Police have claimed.

As a result, IPOB accused the police of blackmail, emphasizing that the group was “not interested in this Nigeria’s upcoming elections in 2023.”

According to the Imo State Police Command, the gunmen who attacked the INEC office in the state’s Oru West local government on Sunday were IPOB members and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network.

According to state police spokesperson Mike Abattam, the attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to attack the electoral body’s facility.

In a statement issued on Monday, IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, stated that the Nnamdi Kanu-led group had no involvement in the attack.

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“We, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu wish to disassociate ourselves from the recent attacks on the INEC office in Owerri Imo State.

“Neither IPOB nor ESN operatives has anything to do with Nigeria’s elections in 2023. We have never supported nor involved ourselves in any election obstruction or violence as a movement.

“As of today, IPOB is not interested in Nigeria and its electoral activities and has never asked anyone to carry out any attack on our behalf,” the statement partly said.

“Nigeria Government and her security agencies are working day and night to blackmail IPOB’s self-determination movement. There has never been any time that Nigeria Police carried out any public inquiry on all the numerous attacks and arsons that they blamed IPOB for.”

“ESN operatives never attacked the INEC office because we are not interested in this Nigeria’s forthcoming election in 2023. Those attacking INEC facilities are working to blackmail IPOB,” IPOB added.

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