IPOB), Peter Obi

2022 - 8 - 23

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IPOB: We don't believe in Peter Obi — we have nothing in common (TheCable)

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it does not agree with the political opinions of Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP)...

IPOB is a freedom-fighting movement and has nothing whatsoever to do with or in Nigerian politics,” the statement reads. Our mission is simple.” Nobody should drag or link IPOB with Peter Obi’s politics.”

2023: IPOB rejects Peter Obi, Igbo presidency (Daily Post Nigeria)

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has rejected the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Igbo presidency. IPOB said it's neither.

IPOB also reiterated its call for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and a referendum in the Southeast. In a statement he signed, Powerful said: “The Igbo people rallying behind Peter Obi are not IPOB members because IPOB’s goal is the disintegration of the Nigerian enterprise irrespective of whether Peter Obi or anyone else from the Biafran geographic space is contesting in the Nigerian farce of an election. IPOB said it’s neither interested in an Igbo President nor a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction.

Peter Obi: We're not interested in Igbo President — IPOB (Vanguard)

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi's supporters are not its members.

Nigeria must cease to exist as a country so that all the Nation imprisoned in it can regain their liberty, freedom and dignity.” The statement partly read, “IPOB cannot drag its hard-earned reputation to the mud of the Nigerian politics. Peter Obi is involved in and playing Nigerian politics while we in IPOB play advanced internationally accepted politics targeting the Biafra referendum.

BREAKING: IPOB rejects Peter Obi, Igbo presidency (Pulse Nigeria)

IPOB also reiterated its call for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu... | Pulse Nigeria.

Biafra was a response to series of ethnic tensions and military coups after Nigerian independence in 1960 that culminated in the 1966 massacres of Igbo people and other southeastern ethnic groups living in northern Nigeria. The IPOB leader, who was granted bail in April 2017, fled the country after an invasion of his home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State, by the Nigerian military in September of that year. They are also allied with the Anglophone Cameroonian independence movement.

2023: IPOB Renounces Peter Obi (Independent Newspaper Nigeria)

The members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have revealed why they renounced the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (IPOB), ...

The group also called for the release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the Department of state services (DSS), and a referendum in the Southeast. The separatist group who categorically said that its members are not part of Peter Obi’s supporters reiterated that all they are interested in at this crucial time is the disintegration of Nigeria because the country is irredeemable. The pro-Biafran group who made the revelation in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful on Monday said that the group is neither interested in an Igbo becoming the President nor a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction.

2023: IPOB rejects Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi (TheNewsGuru)

The group said its members are not part of Obi's supporters because they are interested in Nigeria's disintegration.This information was contained in a ...

“IPOB is a freedom fighting movement and has nothing whatsoever to do with or in Nigerian politics. Powerful’s statement reads in part: “The Igbo people rallying behind Peter Obi are not IPOB members because IPOB’s goal is the disintegration of the Nigerian enterprise irrespective of whether Peter Obi or anyone else from the Biafran geographic space is contesting in the Nigerian farce of an election. IPOB reiterated that it’s neither interested in an Igbo President nor a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction.