Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has denied reports alleging that Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma is frustrating efforts to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
According to Onanuga, an online statement falsely claimed that All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu met with Igbo leaders on Monday and blamed Governor Uzodinma for blocking Kanu’s release.
However, Onanuga said in a statement on Twitter that Tinubu did not hold any such meeting and the statement attributed to him is completely untrue.
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These are just “wicked lies”
The presidential aide described the news as “wicked lies by politically desperate people” aimed at sowing resentment against Governor Uzodinma ahead of the Imo gubernatorial election scheduled for November 11.
Onanuga urged the people of Imo State to disregard the fake report, saying Uzodinma has worked hard for the people and deserves re-election.
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Innocent Biafrans victimized: IPOB accuses Nigerian government of targeting of Igbo community
Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has recently made shocking allegations against the Nigerian federal government, claiming that over 20,000 Igbo people have either been killed or declared missing since 2013.
IPOB, a pro-Biafra group, accused the government of pursuing ethnic hatred against the Igbo through arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings, and illegal detentions carried out by the police, military, and Department of State Services.
According to IPOB, the federal government has perpetuated a long-standing policy of ethnic hatred against Biafrans both before and after the Nigeria-Biafra war.
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