Buhari Urges International Community to Declare IPOB as Terrorist Organisation
By Kabir Akintayo
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on international partners to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation.
President Buhari accused the West of indulging IPOB activities which promote hate speech and cause mayhem in Nigeria.
The President in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday acknowledged the support received from both the United States of America and Britain in decimating Boko Haram and curbing its activities in the northern part of the country.
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He however urged them to take the gesture further by proscribing IPOB and declaring it as a terrorist organisation.
He said, “we urge the same international partners to take additional steps which costs them nothing, by proscribing another group – IPOB – as a terrorist organisation.
“Their leadership enjoys safe haven in the West, broadcasting hate speech into Nigeria from London, spending millions lobbying members of the US Congress, and freely using international financial networks to arm agitators on the ground. This must stop”, President Buhari said.
The Nigerian government had since proscribed IPOB and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is facing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja over terrorism related charges.
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