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Obasanjo and Kanu same in ideology, says IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Wednesday praised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for speaking out against the instances bad governance in the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The outlawed group described Obasanjo’s admonition as a blow on the “undignified” Igbo leaders in the South East who recently endorsed Buhari for a second term.
IPOB said Obasanjo’s letter shared the ideals and philosophies of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement made released in Awka, Anambra, by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group described Obasanjo’s letter as carefully timed.
“The shameless endorsement of Buhari for 2019 by these bunch of undignified individuals under the banner Igbo leaders have showcased to the world what a bunch of delinquent inconsequential vain glorious misery merchants they are,” said IPOB.
“We support Obasanjo for his timely intervention because at a time of national crisis and with people losing their lives across the Middle Belt and Southern Nigeria, anybody discussing partisan politics under such an atmosphere of mass misery is not fit to be regarded as a human being talk more, a leader.
“What Obasanjo said is the clearest endorsement of the philosophy of our leader and prophet of our time Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that the only way to reign in a dictatorship is by confronting it head-on with the truth.
“Obasanjo has spoken the truth and should be applauded for it. Those hungry and insatiable APC ‘yes’ men that visited Aso Rock to endorse Buhari for 2019 under the banner of Igbo leaders should all cover their collective faces in shame. They have brought shame and dishonor to Igboland.
“Buhari has nothing to offer apart from misery and premature death. Those who out of ignorance opposed the ideology of freedom as espoused by IPOB can now see that we are visionaries who should be praised not labeled terrorists.”
In what the group called a well-timed letter, the former president admitted Buhari’s effort in security and anti-corruption war. He, however, scored the APC government low on economy, national unity, and others.
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