Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), has brushed down accusations that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are a terrorist group.
IPOB members are not terrorists, according to Obi.
After the struggle for the actualization of Biafra, the Nigerian government had banned IPOB.
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, had persisted in promoting the establishment of Biafra despite the ban.
But the separatist group refuted the Nigerian government’s claim that it was a terrorist organisation.
Obi, though, supported assertions that the group’s members are not terrorists.
The presidential candidate told Channels Television that the IPOB members who are close to him do not pose a threat to the nation.
According to Obi: “The only thing I disagree with is naming IPOB terrorist; 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.”
