- Speaking with journalists on Friday night, Emma Kanu, the younger brother of the IPOB leader, denounced the allegations as an act of desperation
In response to a press conference implicating Governor Alex Otti of Abia State in allegedly supporting IPOB to incite fear before the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s ruling on Friday, October 6, the Kanu family firmly refuted the claims, deeming them entirely false and unfounded.
Speaking with journalists on Friday night, Emma Kanu, the younger brother of the IPOB leader, denounced the allegations as an act of desperation.
He emphasized that if there are leadership issues within the state, they should be addressed directly without implicating IPOB in their state of despair.
“What we are interested in is the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who the federal government is still incarcerating in spite of court order to release him.
“Those who sponsored the press conference must have ulterior motives, their intention being to rubbish Otti, but if Otti has won election, he has won election and there’s nothing anybody can do about it, but they should not bring IPOB into the issue.
“For what reason will IPOB attack any judge for doing his work? They should stop using IPOB’s name to score cheap political goal. Those saying Otti was sponsoring IPOB to cause trouble in the state, Which IPOB? What proof do they have to that?
“Over the years, IPOB has not been interested in their election, we don’t meddle into elections. Our target is referendum and the freeing of Kanu and stop the flouting of court orders, that’s all”.