I Live And Meet With Them, They Are Not Terrorists – Peter Obi Defends IPOB

Labour Party presidential candidate in the forthcoming election in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi has rejected the terrorist tag on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the federal government.

Infoexpert24 reports that  Obi made his stance known during a chat with Channels Television, the former Anambra state governor maintained that proscribing IPOB as a terrorist organization is not the right move.

Defending his stand, Mr. Obi explained that he lives, moves, and interacts with members of the group who are demanding an independent Biafra and has never felt threatened by them.

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According to Obi, the agitators are not a threat to Nigeria.

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 stay in Onitsha, and I can tell you that they are people I pass them 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.”

 IPOB under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu was in 2017, proscribed by the federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.