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Sunday 9 July 2017

NEWS: No election for Anambra, IPOB don yarn.


The Indigenous People of Biafra on Sunday don yarn say the November 18 governorship election for Anambra no go hold .

Dey say the group no go allow any election process wey go perpetuate slave status and misery among the people of the area .
One statement by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary , Emma Powerful for Awka , the Anambra State capital , say dem never shift ground on the issue contrary to insinuations from some quarters .
The group say dem go use the Anambra poll to demonstrate to the world say IPBO no dey make empty threats.
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police , Mr Garba Umar been warn say dem go ruthlessly deal with any group wey go threaten the Anambra poll .
He say,” The election had been scheduled by an authorised government agency ; nobody , including IPOB , has the capacity to stop it. the police in the state had the capacity to suppress such threat, warning that those nursing such plot to have a rethink or be ready to face the wrath of the law .
Umar add say ” Anambra Citizens have the right to have periodic elections to elect their leaders ; nobody or group of persons can deny them such right.
“We are here to provide them the protection to exercise their franchise . Nobody can ’t stop them from exercising their constitutional rights . We shall have no option than to suppress such threat. We have the capacity to do so ”.
But IPOB for the press statement on Sunday maintain say dem go borne the poll .
“Biafrans cannot be reasonably expected to agree to any electoral process that will only perpetuate their current slave status and misery in this colonial contraption named Nigeria .
“While we may accept being routinely killed and dispossessed outside our land , such intimidation cannot be allowed to go unchecked in Biafraland .
“We are therefore calling on all those who claim to be Igbo leaders especially those on the payroll of Nigerian government to please retrace their steps before it is too late .” na so the statement read.

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