{"id":30433,"date":"2020-09-27T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30433"},"modified":"2020-09-27T17:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T17:00:18","slug":"ipob-not-involved-in-armed-struggle-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ipob-not-involved-in-armed-struggle-kanu","title":{"rendered":"IPOB not involved in armed struggle \u2013 Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has denied allegation his organisation is responsible for purported attacks on security operatives in South East and South South.<\/p>\n<p>He declared IPOB has no plan to engage in armed struggle.<\/p>\n<p>He said in a statement by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful at the weekend that the allegation against the organisation was false and cheap propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cSome amorphous groups including the non-existent Igbo Nigeria Movement (INM) and similar faceless groups recruited by the DSS have been going about making untenable allegations and defamatory media remarks scripted by their paymasters against IPOB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanu said the allegation was an attempt to discredit IPOB before the international community and wondered how unarmed organisation would attack armed security personnel and escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has denied allegation his organisation is responsible for purported attacks on security operatives in South East and South South. 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