The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has placed a ban on political rallies in the South-East geo-political zone.
The foremost separatist group announced the ban in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Thursday.
Mr Powerful who singled out a guber aspirant in Abia State while issuing the directive, said it was insulting and hypocritical for politicians who show no concern when violent herdsmen rampage the Igbo predominant region to come out to campaign.
“We want to advise Chief Ikechi Emenike and his APC people not to hold any political rally in Umuahia tomorrow, Friday, May 20, 2022, while they kept quiet and did nothing when Fulani bandits kidnapped passengers including female students along Okigwe/ Uturu road,” reads the statement.
“We cannot allow Emenike and his APC co-travellers to be dancing and singing at Chidiebere Park while our daughters are still in captivity.
“It is hypocrisy for the political elite to show no concern about the plights of our people who they claim to be seeking their welfare. It is wickedness for Emenike and his co-travellers to keep mute and do nothing about the incessant abductions of Igbo sons and daughters by Fulani herdsmen around Uturu and its environs. Ikechi Emenike should keep away from Chidiebere Park Umuahia tomorrow.
“We won’t allow APC and other political parties to continue to hold their rallies in our land while Fulani bandits operative with impunity Kidnapping and rapping our people, yet the politicians do nothing about it. All they care about is 2023. Enough is enough,” IPOB warned.
