The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, has said that going by what happened in Ekiti State last Saturday, the
opposition party would lose the 2019 general elections.
The pro-Biafra group said that
the governorship poll was characterized by “charade.”
According to IPOB, the coalition
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and all other opposition parties cannot
defeat President Muhammadu Buhari because he would be aided by the military,
police and all paramilitary agencies as allegedly witnessed in Ekiti State.
The Biafran group, therefore
suggested a total boycott of the forthcoming general elections by the
South-South, South-East, South-West and the Middle Belt geo-political regions.
IPOB’s position was contained in
a statement signed by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma
Powerful and made available to reporters in Enugu yesterday.
The statement was entitled,
“Ekiti State election; another vindication of IPOB no election stance.”
It reads, “Those unfortunate
enough to have witnessed the disgraceful charade that passed as Ekiti State
governorship election over the weekend, would no doubt, by now, have come to
the full realisation that only a total and complete boycott of elections in
Nigeria has the remotest chance of setting the poor masses free.
“For anybody to describe the
electoral dance of shame at Ekiti as “free and fair elections” means that
Nigeria is yet to develop an appreciable sense of understanding of what
democratic elections is meant to be.
“This singular event at Ekiti has
proven IPOB right yet again, that voting in Nigeria within the present
political arrangement is utterly useless and counter productive.
“Under the current electoral
conditions in Nigeria, a PVC has transmuted from a supposedly potent object of
freedom to one of bondage. IPOB worldwide therefore wish to restate
categorically and for purposes of clarity that it would boycott all elections
in Nigeria come 2019.
“Presidential elections next year
will afford IPOB an opportunity to demonstrate our cast iron determination to
set Biafra free by totally shutting down South East and South South.
“By going out to vote, instead of
demanding their freedom, the masses are only helping tyrants to legalize rigging
and electoral fraud. What people are doing by voting is willingly and legally
renewing their pain and suffering every 4 years.
“All the institutions which
should act as electoral watch-dogs and umpires (including all the security
forces) are under the control of the tyrants.
“South East/South East/Middle
Belt would be foolhardy to agree to participate in the 2019 elections under
such conditions”.
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