{"id":73163,"date":"2025-08-14T11:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73163"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:17:48","slug":"ipob-denies-involvement-in-violence-faults-amnesty-international-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/14\/ipob-denies-involvement-in-violence-faults-amnesty-international-report\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOB Denies Involvement in Violence, Faults Amnesty International Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has dismissed allegations in a recent Amnesty International report linking it to violent sit-at-home orders in Nigeria\u2019s South-East.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB reiterated its non-violent stance and said it had officially cancelled all sit-at-home directives since July 24, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny acts of violence associated with sit-at-home orders are not authorised by IPOB,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The group expressed concern that the Amnesty report, which cited unnamed experts questioning its claims, could mislead the public and wrongly associate it with criminal activities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB maintained that it has consistently pursued its self-determination agenda through lawful means, including community engagement, media advocacy, and legal action, and noted that no court has convicted it of violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>It also referenced a 2022 Court of Appeal ruling that discharged its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from previous charges, while criticising his continued detention.<\/p>\n<p>The group urged Amnesty International and global media outlets to ensure accuracy in reporting on peaceful movements, warning that misleading narratives could endanger its members.<\/p>\n<p>It reaffirmed its commitment to non-violence in line with international human rights standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has dismissed allegations in a recent Amnesty International report linking it to violent sit-at-home orders in Nigeria\u2019s South-East. In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB reiterated its non-violent stance and said it had officially cancelled all sit-at-home directives since July 24, 2023. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73170,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73163\/revisions\/73170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}