The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims it plans to disrupt the 2023 election in the southeast.
An assumed splinter group led by Simon Ekpa had last week claimed the organization has concluded plans to endure no election taking place in the South East in 2023.
But, Emma Powerful, IPOB’s spokesperson, said on Saturday that the Organization- “is not interested and will never involve” itself in the upcoming election.
He accused the federal government of “covertly recruiting and positioning” to make the southeast unsafe and “blame IPOB for the election violence”.
Powerful added that IPOB is “indivisible” and any information not issued through the group’s appropriate channels should be ignored.
“IPOB is not interested and will never involve ourselves in any Nigeria preelection or postelection issues. Our job is to open the eyes of the blinds by the gospel of truth which our leader has delivered already,” the statement reads.
“Whoever, that is sponsoring any group or gang tagging them IPOB is on his/her own.
“To this effect, IPOB is neither contemplating nor will it encourage or sponsor anyone or group to disrupt the Nigeria selection process called an election.
“IPOB has constantly made it public that we have no interest in and cannot legitimize what they call an election in Nigeria,” he said.