Tony Okafor, Awka
A group, G23 Foundation, seeking the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s general elections has exonerated the president over the Indigenous People of Biafra’s proscription.
Speaking at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital, the leader of the group, Mr Johnbosco Onunkwo, said what Buhari did in the circumstance was to endorse a request by the South-East governors to proscribe the group.
He said no sane and responsive leader could ignore a security report of that magnitude in the circumstance.
The Governors of the South-East, under the umbrella of South-East Governors’ Forum, had in September last year proscribed IPOB.
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Justifying their action, the governors said the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, had lost control of the group.
They added…
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