ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has said it is not against political rallies in the South-East. The pro-Biafran group explained that it is not interested in Nigerian elections.
IPOB stressed that there is no threat to any political party holding its campaign rally across the South-East region on a Monday, saying that it has long cancelled the Monday sit-at-home.
On several occasions, the group had said that it has cancelled the Monday sit-at-home it introduced across the region in 2021 to protest the unlawful detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, but the people still observe it.
Mondays in the South-East is a day when offices, banks, market places, motor parks, schools, petrol stations and every other public outlet remained shut.
Voiceofnaija.ng reported that the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress had earlier scheduled its campaign activities for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to hold on Monday in Anambra and Imo States.
However, reacting in a statement made available on Sunday, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, assured that there is no threat against any political rally in the South-East on Monday.
His word, “No threat whatsoever because we have cancelled the non-existent Monday sit-at-home order since, but what the political parties should know is that there is insecurity in the South-East and nobody should blame IPOB for any eventuality.
“IPOB is not interested on their jamboree selection process called Nigeria election.
“They are free to do their campaign but what we will not accept is a situation where they will clash with their political opponents and they will now blame it on IPOB.”