The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied alleged claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, that he talked with its leadership, saying it has no interest in Nigerian politics.
The group described as a laughable and disgraceful statement credited to Uba that he met with IPOB members to discuss the forthcoming governorship poll.
In a statement signed by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said Uba did not meet with any of its leaders and they are not ready to meet him.
It stated: “IPOB could not have met with Andy Uba or anybody or politician for that matter to discuss anything pertaining to the election.
“Andy Uba and his likes should leave IPOB out of their politics. Again, Andy Uba could not have possibly accessed the leadership of IPOB. He should therefore stop using IPOB to get cheap popularity”.
The group said it cannot grant an audience to Uba or any person for that matter who has no sympathy for its course or is against killings by Fulani herdsmen and challenged him to disclose the IPOB members he met to validate his claims.
Warning that it won’t tolerate the use of IPOB’s name for dubious means, the group stated, “We caution politicians to stop associating IPOB with their dirty politics. We have no interest in Nigerian politics, all we want is Biafra.”
