ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has debunked claims that the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), is a terrorist group.
Recall that the Nigerian government had proscribed IPOB following the agitation for the actualization of Biafra.
Despite the proscription, IPOB, and its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, had continued to push for the actualization of Biafra, insisting they are not a terrorist organization as the Federal Government tagged them.
Obi has since backed the claims that members of the group are not terrorists.
Speaking on Channels Television, Obi said IPOB members around him do not constitute a threat to the country.
According to him: “The only thing I disagree with is naming IPOB terrorist; they are not terrorists. Those who took the decision may have information that I don’t have.
“I stay in Onitsha, and I can tell you that they are people I pass on the road every day.
“I meet and live with them; in fact, I usually see people gathering, and I have never had the sense of threat or molestation from them, even when they gather.”