IPOB: Okorocha, Uzodinma are traitors to Ndigbo cause, we can’t collect funds from them

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a banned Igbo separatist group, has replied to claims made by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma that his predecessor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, gave the group N500 million.

In a statement issued on Sunday, IPOB described the two feuding Imo politicians as traitors who had sold out the Igbos and the Biafran cause to the federal government and, as a result, could not fund the secessionist group.

In a statement published by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, and made accessible to Ripples Nigeria under the heading “Leave lPoB out of your battle,” the group claimed explicitly that it has never received any “cash payment, contribution, or gift from Okorocha or any politician like him,” because it does not deal with or have anything to do with traitors.

IPOB also insisted that neither Uzodinma nor Okorocha can bankroll its activities.

“The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been drawn to the absurd assertions made by the Supreme Court-appointed Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodima, that former Governor of the state and fellow traitor Rochas Okorocha paid N500 million to IPOB.

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“We, therefore, wish to clarify that we never received any financial payment, donation, or gift from Okorocha or any anti-IPOB ‘Efulefu’ politician like him. We have nothing to do with traitors like Okorocha and Uzodima.

“The truth remains that both Okorocha and Uzodima cannot bankroll IPOB. Frankly speaking, they do not have the financial clout to bankroll the largest mass movement in the world.

“We don’t need ill-gotten, stolen, and blood-stained money from any politician to prosecute the cause which IPOB is fighting, and should not, therefore, be drawn into their battle over who controls Imo State, which they have destroyed.

“They better fight their battle and leave IPOB out of their mess. None of them is good enough to receive our attention.

“They connived with the Fulani oppressors and other enemies of Biafran and IPOB to kill our people, imprisoned and tortured our youths, mothers, fathers, and other agitators to please their slave masters.

“We wish to remind them and other politicians that may have sabotaged IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, may be forgiven, but Rochas Okorocha and Hope Uzodinma, and the wannabe Hitler of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, will never be forgiven. They must pay for their sins sooner or later.”