Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, was Sunday afternoon confronted by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The incident took place at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ekwulobia, Anambra State.
It was gathered though the scene was tensed, security operatives exercised restraint and caution
“Governor Obiano had gone to the church to worship, only to be embarrassed by IPOB members in their hundreds, if not thousands, who stormed the church in buses.
“They were chanting ‘No election in Anambra on November 18’. The Governor had to be smuggled out by his security details,” an eyewitness told News Express.
In reaction, IPOB said the protesters were not its members.
A statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, reads “The indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) and it’s leadership worldwide under the command and leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu accuses the Federal Government, Gov Obiano and some few politicians in Nigeria of recruiting some uneducated individuals and students in the universities to infiltrate into IPOB in order to label IPOB as a violent group.
“These government contractors mobilised people who went to Catholic church harassed those in a church service in Ekwulobia in order to create room for security operatives begin to arrest our members in Ekwulobia and it’s environs. IPOB leaders and members are very intelligent people who cannot involve in any act of violence.
“It is crystal clear to all and sundry that IPOB under Nnamdi Kanu remain non-violent in their pursuit for Biafra freedom and cannot change our methods of peaceful approach towards the restoration of Biafra. The election boycott in Anambra come November this year remain but cannot cause any violence.
“We are aware that some politicians and Nigeria security employed some uneducated individuals and groups in the society to harass the general public in the name of IPOB members. some government contractors printed IPOB t-shirts and Biafra flag with huge amount of money to be shared to the hungry youths to claim to be IPOB members under Nnamdi Kanu.
“We are advising the general public beware of fake IPOB who were paid by politicians to cause confusion in Anambra and states in Biafranland.”
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, had declared that the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra will not hold.
But Obiano recently fired back and warned IPOB not to cross the line by attempting to stop a constitutional process.
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