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Group Accuse President Buhari Of Making Nnamdi Kanu Popular

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Nnamdi Kanu: You Can't Intimidate Us, Stop Open Display Of Hatred For Igbos - IPOB Fires Back At Buhari

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, popular through the poor handling of the country’s economy which has caused hardship for Nigerians.

The group stated that the IPOB leader has seen the lapses in President Buhari’s handling of the country’s affairs and decided to capitalise on it.

The Igbo youth body added that this has given Kanu the opportunity to attack the country’s leadership without remorse.

OYC stated that if the President had attended to the raising issues in the country and had carried everyone along, nobody would have the courage to challenge the government.

The Deputy President-General of the group, Obinna Achionye, stated this in a statement on Saturday.

The group noted that IPOB was merely deploying different strategies to draw the attention of the international community to itself, saying that the group lost its popularity before the 2019 general elections. It alleged that the group was being sponsored by politicians within and outside the country.

OYC stated that its plan was to produce a presidential candidate from the North-East during the 2019 presidential election a decision which did not go down well with IPOB.

The statement read in part, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide will expose all the commercial activities of the IPOB, as they have done more damage to Ndigbo than they appear to salvage the situation the Igbo currently find themselves since 2015.”

“IPOB lost Igbo consciousness before the 2019 elections as they are doing the political bid of politicians outside Igbo land, which they started with a North-East presidential candidate.”

“IPOB’s popularity before the 2019 elections waned when it destroyed its members’ Permanent Voter Cards and plotted the fall of Governors Umahi, Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu.”

“We urge the South-East governors to disregard any kangaroo committee set up to interface between them and the IPOB. There’s no reason for a backyard settlement until IPOB openly apologises to Ndigbo.”

“When the South-East governors called its bluff over its antics, IPOB connived with enemies of Igbo to stage a failed revolution protest which was unsuccessful in the region. Now they have resorted to a violent approach to do the bidding of a presidential hopeful from outside Igboland to bring down all presidential hopefuls in Igboland ahead of 2023.”

“We know how a former minister from Anambra State persuaded a northern presidential candidate to use IPOB’s nuisance to hoodwink Igbos into voting for the politician after visiting Nnamdi Kanu in Isreal. Nevertheless, we urge South-East governors not to negotiate with Nnamdi Kanu. Their blackmail and settlement strategies are dead on arrival.”