EXCLUSIVE: IPOB Denies Knowledge Of Any Agreement Entered By Kanu's Siblings With Seyi Tinubu Pre-2023 Election

EXCLUSIVE: IPOB Denies Knowledge Of Any Agreement Entered By Kanu's Siblings With Seyi Tinubu Pre-2023 Election Members of the Kanu fami...

EXCLUSIVE: IPOB Denies Knowledge Of Any Agreement Entered By Kanu's Siblings With Seyi Tinubu Pre-2023 Election

Members of the Kanu family issued a public statement through Prince Emmanuel Kanu who laments that the Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to uphold his own end of the bargain reached through his son, Seyi Tinubu and the Kanu family. According to Vanguard Newspapers Publication, the agreement entailed that the IPOB movement would maintain neutrality in the 2023 Presidential election and not issue any civil disobedient directive against the election in the South-East while President Bola Tinubu will release the incarcerated IPOB leader after his victory in 2023.

Following the above, Family Writers Press International(FWPI) reached out to some members of the IPOB Directorate Of States(DOS) on the issue, and the senior officials not only denied knowledge of such development but also maintained that the IPOB leadership has never and will never send any member of the Kanu family as delegates or emissaries on any official duty, since they are not registered family members of the IPOB movement in the first place.

"I'm surprised by this news, we know some siblings of our leader have been trying to exact some control in our movement though they have been unsuccessful. But i must tell you that the members of the DOS, myself included were not aware of this said bargain, and would never have sent any sibling of Onyendu on such missions when we have capable hands in IPOB." 

"We have always stated this that unscrupulous members of the Kanu family covertly uses the IPOB name to cut deals with politicians at our back, and have always maintained that such deal are not binding on our movement or decisions thereof. IPOB has publicized channels of communication through which it can be reached and the Kanu family is not one of them." — one of the senior officials said. 

Another IPOB senior official stated that the decision for IPOB ambivalence in the 2023 presidential elections was influenced by a variety of reasons ranging from the concerted effort to dispel the violent malevolence of the agent provocateurs who were banking on using the name of IPOB/ESN to destabilize the elections and pin the crime on the movement, and also to demonstrate to the Igbos who were enthusiastic with Peter Obi's candidacy for the presidency under the Labour party that the Nigeria electoral and judicial system was already configured against them. And as such, IPOB maintained neutrality to let them understand these lessons. 

The senior official explained that the IPOB movement received preemptive credible intelligence about the election results and the rigging out of Obi, the coordinated Anti-Igbo euphoria that would follow, as well as the plans by the agent provocateurs to destabilize the elections and pin the crimes on IPOB to enable the Nigeria government convince the international community on the need to designate IPOB as a terrorist group.

"When we tell you that the IPOB intelligence unit, M-Branch are top-notch in intelligence gathering. We are not joking. Before the election we received a number of intelligence reports that the criminals were planning to use IPOB name to cause havoc in the elections in Biafraland and pin it on IPOB. Do not forget that it is around the same time that we were battling the erroneous inclusion of IPOB in world terrorism index of 2022." 

"So, we made the decision to stay away from the elections and even deploy units of the ESN to engage in preemptive strikes against the criminals and their plans in Biafraland." 

"Secondly, we also received high-end intel from insiders about the election and how the results and even the BVAS and electronic gadgets have been planned to be manipulated in favour of the picked candidate, Tinubu. And judging from the popular support from some Biafrans towards Peter Obi, we decided not to interfere and let them not be rigged out and they will blame IPOB. 

"Even before the propaganda against Igbos in Lagos started, we received the intel and we announced it partly too. But, we also realized that the propaganda against Ndigbo in Lagos coupled with rigging out of Peter Obi will work in favour of our initiatives for our people to return their investments back home and develop substantial apathy for Nigeria central politics after the broad day light robbery. And as you can see, it worked. There is mass return of Ndigbo and their businesses to the Biafraland and patriotism to Alaigbo is top-notch. "

"These are the major reasons why IPOB stayed away from the election not because one stupid guy struck a deal with Tinubu's son. Why would an reputable institution strike an unsigned deal with the son of presidential aspirant? A French agent for that matter "

"We don't work that way and I urge the public to disregard such news as it has nothing to do with IPOB. And, even Tinubu and his son knew it had no substance hence they did not commit to it." 

"Our agitation for Biafra continues with our clear-cut strategies. We will continue to confront the Nigerian government in our area and place of our choosing until our leader is released and a date for Biafra referendum is issued. And on that day, no member of the Kanu family, except the leader of IPOB will be on that table. The public should be guided properly."

Report By Family Writers Press International