IPOB DEBUNK CLAIMS THAT IT IS PLANNING TO ATTACK LAGOS STATE
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has debunked a claim by the police that it was planning to attack Lagos state.
Recall, CP Hakeem Odumosu, Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. had on Monday said the command is investigating alleged threats by IPOB and agitators of Oodua Republic to attack the State
“The command has taken notice of agitators for Oodua Republic by some Yoruba separatist groups and the threats to disrupt law and order in the State.
“Twenty-four of these groups have been identified and being closely monitored. Similarly, the threat of IPOB to attack soft targets in Lagos is equally being put on the radar of the command intelligence gathering and other security services in the state,” the Police boss said.
However, IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, said in a statement on Monday that the claim was made to fuel division between the Yoruba and the Igbo.
Kano said that no such plans had been conceived, adding that “this is not 1967”, in an apparent reference to the civil war that broke out that year over the struggle for Biafra.
“The public is hereby notified that the allegations that IPOB is plotting to attack Lagos is a lie,” he said.
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