The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has said that it is not against political rallies in the South East as it had cancelled the Monday sit-at-home order it introduced across the region in 2021 to protest the detention of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
But despite IPoB’s reiterating this stand, offices, banks, marketplaces, motor parks, schools, petrol stations and every other public outlet remained shut in parts of the region on Mondays.
The campaign council of the All Progressives Congress had earlier scheduled the campaign activities for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to hold on Monday in some parts of the South East.
But it has since rescheduled its timetable.
In a statement on Sunday, IPoB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful assured that there was no threat against any political rally in the South East on Monday because the proscribed group had cancelled the “non-existent” sit-at-home in the region.
Powerful however said that political parties should be aware of the insecurity in the South East before embarking on any campaign rally.
He noted that political parties and opponents always clash with themselves during campaigns and that when such occurs, no one should point accusing fingers at IPoB.
Powerful said: “No threat whatsoever because we have cancelled the non-existent Monday sit-at-home order since, but what the political parties should know is that there is insecurity in the South East and nobody should blame IPoB for any eventuality.
“IPoB is not interested in their jamboree selection process called Nigerian election.
“They are free to do their campaign but what we will not accept is a situation where they will clash with their political opponents and they will now blame it on IPoB”.
