The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Saturday, said no member of the group was arrested in Ebonyi state.
The Ebonyi State Police Command had on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of 15 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
It said the suspects were arrested at a bush at Amasiri in the Afikpo North local government area of the state on Tuesday by men of the Nigeria Police and other security agents while allegedly planning to hold their 2019 summit in the state.
But IPOB, in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the report came to it as a surprise as it had no event in the state that would necessitate the gathering of people on a large scale.
The group maintained that it was not in the habit of celebrating any anniversary either in Biafraland or in the diaspora since inception.
It further explained it had never hosted events in the bushes nor forests, but honoured its heroes with a general strike on designated days of the year.
