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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff, has compared the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) with Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

Dambazzau, speaking at the inauguration of Army War College Nigeria Course 5\/2021 in Abuja on Friday said that those groups are like Boko Haram sect who don\u2019t believe in the oneness of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

According to him, both groups are exhibiting features similar to that of Boko Haram when the insurgent group started out in 2009.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cIPOB, OPC are all non-state actors with separatist agenda to carve out states out of Nigeria. They all don\u2019t believe in the Nigerian project, its unity and peaceful co-existence just like Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are also beginning their projects by attacking security forces and those they consider their enemies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two groups have been making efforts to ignite nationwide inter-ethnic conflicts through their violent attacks on northern residents or transacting businesses in the south as a quick to realise their dream for a divided Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the former military chief, IPOB and OPC , Boko Haram as well as religious extreme groups operate on the platform of extremism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see parallels between Boko Haram, a religious extreme group and the IPOB and OPC. All the three groups operate on the platform of extremism,\u201d Danbazzau said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff, has compared the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) with Boko Haram. Dambazzau, speaking at the inauguration of Army War College Nigeria Course 5\/2021 in Abuja on Friday said that those groups are like Boko Haram sect who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,45,3783,199,254,3043],"class_list":["post-40792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-boko-haram","tag-dambazzau","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria","tag-opc"],"yoast_head":"\nIPOB, OPC are similar to Boko Haram \u2013 Dambazzau - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff, has compared the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPOB, OPC are similar to Boko Haram \u2013 Dambazzau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff, has compared the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-10T16:31:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6071cbe9a87aa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IPOB, OPC are similar to Boko Haram \u2013 Dambazzau\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-10T16:31:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6071cbe9a87aa.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Boko Haram\",\"Dambazzau\",\"IPOB\",\"Nigeria\",\"OPC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-opc-are-similar-to-boko-haram-dambazzau\",\"name\":\"IPOB, OPC are similar to Boko Haram \u2013 Dambazzau - 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