We are not behind attacks on INEC facilities in Imo — IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied attacking the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying it has no interest in the 2023 general elections.

The proscribed group state this in a press statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, which was made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Monday.

Emma Powerful advised security agencies to stop linking the group with the senseless attacks on INEC facilities, warning that IPOB would not spare anybody found engaging in the destruction of INEC facilities and pretending to be doing so on behalf of the pro-Biafra movement.

“ESN operatives never attacked INEC office because we are not interested in this Nigeria’s forthcoming election in 2023. Anyone or group blaming IPOB or ESN for any attack on INEC facilities is under the influence of some powerful drugs.

“IPOB will not spare anybody using our name to disrupt the election, and nobody should link us with those who are destroying election materials,” he stated

Powerful accused security agencies of hoarding information about the true identities of those behind the attacks on INEC facilities.

He wondered why the security agencies had not made arrests of the purported attackers if they were truly IPOB members.

The group’s mouthpiece accused politicians of recruiting criminals and hoodlums “to attack election materials and blame it on IPOB and ESN.”

NewsWireNGR reports that INEC facilities in Imo have recently suffered attacks that destroyed equipment and Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs)