The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has detached itself from speculations linking the group to the murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late Dora Akunyili, a former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

Akunyili was reportedly killed on Tuesday, September 28 on his way from Onitsha to Umuoji at Eke Nkpor.

According to a statement released by the IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the death of Akunyili, was a political assassination, adding that those behind the murder are contesting for the November governorship election in Anambra State.

The statement read in part:

“Those who killed Dora Akunyili’s husband, killed his wife with poison, are Fulani because she exposed Yar’adua’s death for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to take over as President of failed Nigeria. They know themselves. Those that conspired to poison Prof. Dora Akunyili, they’re contesting the governorship election in Anambra State today.

“We have no issues with Chike Akunyili and we don’t know him, those behind this act must stop this and stop using IPOB name, we don’t want anybody to blame IPOB because we must get them, this is pure political assassination going on in Anambra State now and it been perfected by Nigeria DSS security agents are doing this to paint IPOB back in the face of support and encouragement we are getting from our people.

“We know their plans and gimmick to discourage Biafrans who are encouraging and supporting us but it can’t work for them, in the near future those committing these atrocities in Imo and Anambra state will hear from IPOB and our people should not blame us because we must get them.”