Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Is Smart, IPOB Disrespected Me During My Tenure – Okorocha Declares

Imo West Senator, Rochas Okorocha says the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) disrespected him during his tenure as the Imo State Governor.

Okorocha added that the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu is a smart man who took advantage of the frustration and anger of Igbos against the government to push his agenda for Biafra by convincing them that others hate them.

He added that IPOB is a controversial group and many of those who are part of the group are disgruntled persons looking for relevance and justice.

Naija News reports the presidential aspirant made the submission during an interview with Arise TV in which he stated that most members of IPOB have already been frustrated by the system and therefore became easy targets for IPOB.

He made the submission while speaking on his position on IPOB’s secessionist agitation and demand for an independent Biafra.

“The issue of IPOB is very controversial and they are the agitations of some young men seeking for relevance who even disrespected me during my tenure as a governor; I don’t see them as secessionists.

“They had been told that the rest of the country hates them. Nnamdi Kanu is a smart man who got these people to think as he wanted,” he said.

The latest submission comes after a recent declaration by Okorocha that there is no such thing as police brutality in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the Nigerian lawmaker stated this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday where he officially announced his 2023 presidential ambition.

According to him, police brutality is a situation of youths brutalizing youths, because the policemen accused of brutality are also young persons and their actions are out of frustration.

It could be recalled that there was an outrage in October 2020 after the youths took to the streets of various cities to protest over police brutality in Nigeria.

The protest tagged EndSARS shut down Nigeria for weeks as youths called for the reform of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.