Anambra gov’ship: APGA condemns IPOB boycott threat

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has condemned the recent call by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Anambra people to shun the forthcoming gubernatorial poll in the state, describing it as “irresponsible and devoid of intellectual focus.”

In a letter to the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ifeatu Obiokoye, APGA argued that Kanu had no authority to speak for the Igbo of the SouthEast, regardless the party’s acknowledgement of him as leader of IPOB.

It explained that Biafra’s concept was a metaphor for the demand for equity and fair play in the Nigerian state and not a separatist movement.

“Nnamdi Kanu’s call for a boycott of elections in the South East, beginning with the governorship polls scheduled for Nov.18, 2017 in Anambra is irresponsible, irredentist and totally devoid of any focus.

“You must appreciate that for different logical reasons and perception, the Biafra concept has attracted favourable comments among our people, ostensibly borne out of the marginalisation of Ndigbo in the Nigerian state.

“While youths of the East are agitating for Biafra, the Arewa youths are equally restive; the same goes for Niger Delta youths and youths from Oduduwa states,” the statement said.

It advised the IPOB leader to drop his “emperor perception” of himself and “humble yourself to the true leadership of Ndigbo for a proper and better articulation of the Biafra struggle.”