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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied issuing a sit-at-home order during the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

IPOB said it has no interest in the elections conducted in Nigeria, hence, it never ordered a sit-at-home during the February polls.<\/p>\n

Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the group is only interested in the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu and the actualization of Biafra.<\/p>\n

Powerful said the Pan-Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction Coalition, PANPIEC, should stop linking IPOB to criminal gangs ordering sit-at-home in the South East.<\/p>\n

He noted that IPOB and the Eastern Security Network, ESN, do not have any faction or splinter groups.<\/p>\n

A statement by Powerful reads partly: \u201cIt\u2019s on record and in public domain that IPOB has not called for any sit-at-home during the February elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reiterate for the records that, IPOB have not, did not and will not issue any sit-at-home order in February during the elections period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also did not call for any boycott of the upcoming elections yet. Nobody should blame or link IPOB to the statements or actions of government [agents] operating in the Eastern Region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied issuing a sit-at-home order during the upcoming elections. IPOB said it has no interest in the elections conducted in Nigeria, hence, it never ordered a sit-at-home during the February polls. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the group is only interested in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,38,199,254],"class_list":["post-81531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-election","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nIPOB denies calling for boycott of election in S\u2019East - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied issuing a sit-at-home order during the upcoming elections. 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