{"id":44596,"date":"2021-06-06T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44596"},"modified":"2021-06-06T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:23:24","slug":"we-make-arms-locally-ipob-replies-presidency-on-arms-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/we-make-arms-locally-ipob-replies-presidency-on-arms-allegation","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We make arms locally\u2019 \u2013 IPOB replies Presidency on arms allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the Presidency\u2019s allegation of stockpiling arms.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Emma Power said the group produces its arms locally.<\/p>\n<p>Powerful made the remark while denying the allegation of stockpiling arms and bombs.<\/p>\n<p>In a chat, Powerful said: \u201cWe are not stockpiling any arms anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFulani government of Nigeria can rant and propagate falsehood against IPOB, we don\u2019t buy arms we produce arms we are going to use locally and we made it clear to them that 1967 and 1970 are not the same thing with 2021.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB has amassed stockpile of weapons, bombs \u2013 Presidency<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu prophesied that they will kill us and we\u2019ll kill them at the end Biafra nation will come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no false information and state-sponsored propaganda that can stop or change our resolve to restore Biafra freedom from Nigeria. What they did to our fathers, this present generation of Biafra will surprise them heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s spokesman, Garba Shehu had accused IPOB of stockpiling arms and bombs.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu had made the comments following Twitter\u2019s decision to delete Buhari\u2019s offensive tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram: Troops raid terrorists\u2019 logistics warehouse, nab fuel supplier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the Presidency\u2019s allegation of stockpiling arms. IPOB\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Emma Power said the group produces its arms locally. Powerful made the remark while denying the allegation of stockpiling arms and bombs. 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