Can Dialogue Resolve Nigeria's 'IPOB Problem'? DeutscheWelle: Nigeria
, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra , an outlawed group that agitates for secession of the Igbo ethnic group's homeland that covers part of southeast Nigeria."The leadership of the IPOB, the directorate of state, and the supreme leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to publicly disassociate IPOB from any call for a one-week sit-at-home for Biafrans," according to a July 3 press release.
Simon Ekpa -- who describes himself as the prime minister of BRGIE -- issued another notice for a two-week sit-at-home, which IPOB has again disassociated itself from. "What I would demand from them as a stakeholder in Nigeria is for those who speak for Kanu and the IPOB to be clearer as to what they want. They must send the right message that they don't encourage violence. They don't encourage killings," he told DW."Those who are connected to the IPOB are saying they are embracing a non-violent approach to their struggle," Omari said.
Kanu was arrested and detained in 2021 under the leadership of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and has been incarcerated ever since.
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