Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief Chris Ngige has refuted claim by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that he facilitated the re-arrest and repatriation of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Debunking the claim, the Minister warned the IPOB to desist from making fallacious accusation against his person.
The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful had alleged that Ngige; Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano; and Igbo businessman, Emeka Offor, were among those involved in the arrest of Kanu.
According to Powerful, the group would hold those named above accountable if anything happens to Kanu.
However, Ngige, who reacted in a statement by his media office on Saturday, stated that he does not have the time to involve himself with security and diplomatic matters.
The Minister described the allegations by the IPOB spokesman as deceitful, mischievous, malicious and wicked.
The statement partly reads, “Ngige is occupied, involved and engrossd with his duties as the Labour and Employment Minister, member of Federal Cabinet Committee for Economic Recovery and member of the Economic Sustainability Committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari, which is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, with the mandate to tackle the challenges and fallouts of COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era.
“It is, therefore, unthinkable that somebody with grey matter in his brain, except if he is hallucinating like the IPOB spokesman, could accuse a very busy Minister like Senator Ngige of being part of a ‘conspiracy’ for the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu.”
