A video has emerged showing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, faulting the decision of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The former governorn of Anambra State , who slammed the government's decision on 1 October 2017 when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today also disagreed with the designation of IPOB as a terrorists’ organisation. Obi, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2017, said then that the government was wrong to have proscribed the group. He said: "The only thing I disagree with is naming IPOB terrorists. They are not terrorists. Those who took the decision may have information that I don’t have. “I live in Onitsha, and I can tell you they are not terrorists. They (IPOB members) are people I pass on the road every time, (and) every day." “I meet them and live with them. In fact, I usually see (IPOB) people gathering, and not one day has there been a threat or molestation or anything from them, even when they gather,” the LP presidential candidate added. Naija News reports that the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB is a separatist group that is leading an agitation for an independent state of Biafra. The group is calling for a referedum and wants Biafra carved out from the South-east and some parts of the South-south Nigeria. The federal government had in 2017 proscribed the group and tagged it a terrorist organisation. Many have accused IPOB of carrying out deadly attacks in the South-east. The Nigerian government proscribed the group in 2017 and tagged it a terrorist organisation. Naija News could not verify is Peter Obi still maintains that stand against the proscription of IPOB and its designation as a terrorist organisation. https://twitter.com/JohnFanimokun/status/1577180053498363905?t=PvJ5mhhkHBoVHbPhaxl13g&s=19This article was originally published on Naija News
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