The Indigenous People of Biafra has lambasted Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
IPOB is angry over a statement in which Gbajabiamila was said to have likened IPOB agitators and those of Yoruba Nation as criminals like bandits and insurgents.
The statement had raised a lot of dust but Gbajabiamila, on Thursday, said he never referred to IPOB and Yoruba Nation campaigners.
Reacting to the statement, an official of IPOB, Uchenna Madu, said, “It is unfortunate for a well trained lawyer, who is also the Speaker of the nation’s parliament to stoop so low in making such unreasonable and inconsequential comment.
“How could a lawyer, who ought to know the difference between self- determination and terrorism, open his mouth in a public gathering and declared that a man who wants his freedom is the same with a criminals that go about kidnapping school children, destroying churches, mosques, killing people at will.”
“MASSOB is demanding that Gbajabiamila be taken to a psychiatrist to check if he is mentally ok. It is very clear that the Speaker has been bought over by the Fulanistic cabals that control the Presidency in Aso villa. If not so, then he might be one of the sponsors of Boko Haram and ISWAP.”
