The minister reiterated his position that IPOB was being
sponsored by the association of disgruntled politicians and treasury looters to
discredit President Muhammad Buhari”s Administration.
The Federal Government says it is aware of sources of
funding of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and is taking steps to block
them.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on a live TV programme “Good Morning
Nigeria” on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).
“Terrorists do not pub- lish where their funding are coming
from. But we know the countries that are sup- porting IPOB.
“We know the sources of their funding though I am not at
liberty to disclose them here.
“We are taking steps to block them and we are also taking a
lot of diplomatic actions in respect of the countries that are supporting
them”.
The Minister said that most of the countries supporting the
group were doing so based on ignorance.
He said they had been hoodwinked to believing that “Nigeria
is a country where Muslims persecute Christians” and a country where there is
genocide.
“As we speak today, IPOB has written letters to many
Governments outside Nigeria, international parliaments sending fake and cloned
videos claiming there is genocide in Nigeria.
The minister charged the international community not to
adopt double standard in dealing with IPOB and to be more diligent before
making any pronouncements.
He said what the countries would never accept in their
territories, should not be condoned or encouraged in Nigeria.
The minister justified the actions of the military for de-
claring IPOB a terrorist group as well as its proscription by the South-East
governors.
“There are a lot of arguments regarding the
constitutionality of the action of the military and the South East governors.
“People must realise that we are dealing with issue of
national security and I do not think that the military and the governors should
fold their arms while the country is set ablaze.
“I have heard a lot of comments as to whether the military
has the right to declare IPOB, a terrorist group
“What the military has done is to catalogue all the
activities of IPOB, which are not different from that of terrorists groups,” he
said.
After all these years of mysterious funding of several other em, er, ok?
Chei! It's like I've forgotten what I wanted To say..
Well, now we know funding sources are blockable.
Now we know.
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