Anambra State government has
advised the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
to restrain his followers from attacking Anambra politicians.
This is coming on the heels of an
attack launched on the State governor, Chief Willie Obiano by members on the
group on Sunday at Ekwulobia, Aguata council area of the state.
Obiano, who was attending a holy
mass at St Joseph Catholic Church was reportedly attacked by youths dressed in
IPOB vests.
Members of the group had also
attacked a governorship candidate, Chief Godwin Ezeemo in Ihiala at the
weekend, disrupting activities at his father in-laws burial ceremony with
chants of ‘no election in Anambra’.
A release signed by the Senior
Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr. James Eze cautioned that unless
decisive action was taken by the leadership of IPOB, its growing popularity
will soon suffer a setback.
Eze said the only possible
explanation for the action of the youths on Sunday may have been the presence
of Governor Willie Obiano who had arrived the church to celebrate with the
Catholic Youths of the parish who were marking their 2017 Youth Day.
The release said that such
unwarranted attack on the number one citizen of the state was bad for the image
of the group.
Eze added that despite the
interferences, Governor Obiano later addressed the congregation, urging the
youths to dedicate their lives to Christ especially at this moment in the
nation’s history which placed undue pressure on young people.
It added that the Governor
further reassured the people that the coming gubernatorial election would hold
as scheduled and urged everyone to strive to maintain the peace that Anambra
was known for.
Meanwhile, IPOB has disowned the
youths who attacked Obiano on Sunday, saying they were not its members.
Comrade Emma Powerful, the
group’s media and publicity secretary in a press release denied the youths, saying
that they may be fake IPOB members hired by politicians in the hope of labeling
the group as violent.
He advised members of the public
to be in the lookout for such elements being used to drag its name to the mud.
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