The Federal Government on Tuesday said the successful conduct
Speaking on the threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to frustrate the conduct of the election, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the large turnout witnessed during the election sounded the death knell of IPOB.
“I think what that proved really is that IPOB does not represent the good people of Anambra or any state in the South East.
“If truly they represented the people, the IPOB propaganda about the election really showed that they are not on the ground.
“Anywhere you see a sign that says ‘No Thoroughfare’, it means there is a road.
“So, the fact that they were saying that they were going to disrupt the election, that the Federal Government had decided to sew IPOB uniforms for people and that those people would kill and give the impression that IPOB members were responsible, showed that they had lost the game.
“The people of Anambra have shown that there is no alternative to democracy, and that they believe in one Nigeria and federal system of government.
“If there are issues to be resolved, let us resolve them. But terrorism and separatism is not the answer.
“I think the Anambra election has sounded the death knell of IPOB because they said the election would never hold.
“The election has come and gone; the turnout was quite reasonable; every party competed very competitively and, at the end of the day, the people of Anambra decided who was going to be their governor.”
