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…Dismisses IEP terrorism index report
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has insisted that it is not a terrorist organisation.
It also dismissed the Institute of Economics for Peace (IEP) report portraying the group as violent. The self-determination body described the report as false and malicious.
A statement by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the 2022 IEP report on IPOB will make the organisation (IEP) lose its relevance.
Powerful said the institute had damaged its reputation beyond imagination with its inaccurate report filled with hate, falsehood, blackmail and propaganda against IPOB.
“It may not be very obvious to them now but because the institute made itself a willing tool in the hands of the enemies of Biafra and the Biafran people, this institution shall gradually lose relevance until another more objective and reputable institute shall take its place because it has sold its conscience for pecuniary gain.
“How can any sane person or institute mention the name of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) while writing about terrorism?
“The Indigenous people of Biafra led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is not and has never been under any illusion that our desire for liberty and freedom will easily and readily find acceptance and understanding amongst certain Western nations because to them, black people have no right to self-determination.
“In all these nations, IPOB has been peaceful, working within the confines of the laws of our host country, law abiding with no trace of violence. For IEP to tag IPOB as the third group that has caused the death of people in Nigeria is highly provocative and libelous and indicates that this group is compromised,” Powerful stated.
