Former Chairman of Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, claims that the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOBstatus )'s quo style of leadership has "broken down."
During a recent interview with Arise TV, Odinkalu stated this. He was speaking about insecurity and secession in the Southeast.
IPOB today, according to Odinkalu, is not just about Nnamdi Kanu.
“The IPOB command and control system, if it ever existed, has collapsed. As a result, there isn't a single IPOB. There are a number of IPOBs. And then there's political IPOB," added Odinkalu, a professor.
“In Anambra State, for example, I believe one of the major issues is figuring out which IPOB you're talking about. In Anambra State, there are partisan political actors who own political IPOB.
In Anambra Central, there is a section that is posing as IPOB. As part of the political IPOB in Anambra State, for example, you have a group of cultists from Ebonyi State and portions of Abia State. Then there's IPOB, which is led by Nnamdi Kanu. They're all vying for the same amount of room. And there's a business aspect to it, since people profit from it. That's the truth: it's completely messed up.
"However, the truth is that leadership, both at the federal level and among the Southeast's political elites, is ineffective."
According to POLITICS NIGERIA, IPOB pledged last week to go on a seven-day lockdown starting November 5 in support of its arrested leader, Nnamdi Kanu, unless the Federal Government releases him on or before November 4.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pleaded with IPOB to rethink its seven-day sit-at-home edict, citing the detrimental ramifications for the Anambra gubernatorial election, the state and the South-East zone, as well as Nigeria.
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