The Presidency has insisted that
the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu
remains a terrorist organization despite the United States, and European Union,
UN, holding a contrary view.
Following the proscription of the
pro-Biafra group by the Nigerian Government recently, the US, had declared
that the group is not a terrorists organization.
Reacting to the stance by the
foreign nations, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on
Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, said the recognition of IPOB as a terrorist
group by foreign nation is inconsequential.
Obono-Obla in a statement
released on Sunday, September 24 said IPOB remained as a terrorist group as
defined by the provisions of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013.
He said that IPOB harassed or
intimidated “those who do not subscribe it to its separatists ideology and
ethnic bigotry before its proscription”.
“So it is a terrorist
organisation! This is also an organisation that was hounding and killing
Nigerians in Rivers and Abia States before the military intervention!
“This is a group that was burning
police stations; killing police officers, throwing bombs at military convoys,
threatening to make the country ungovernable, threatening to stop governorship
election in Anambra State!
“Most importantly a court of competent
jurisdiction -Federal High Court has presided over by the Acting Chief Judge,
Justice Abdul Kafarati upon an application filed by the Honourable Attorney
General of the Federation hinged on Section 2 (1) (a) & (b) of the
Terrorism (Prevention) Act granted an order proscribing IPOB! So whether EU or
United States of Nigeria or any foreign country says about IPOB is immaterial ,
irrelevant and of no moment!”
He said US or EU’s meddling in
Nigeria’s affair could erode the country’s sovereignty and with the
proscription of the group by a court, its activities remained illegal.
He said: “I have previously said
that the international community should not meddle in our internal affairs
because doing that will amount to an erosion of our sovereignty!
“The EU has no business
absolutely and totally with our internal matters so if EU says it does not see
IPOB as a terrorist group, it does not matter as far as Nigeria is concerned.
“It is inconsequential! We all
know by the definition of a terrorist organisation within the meaning of the
term as defined by the provisions of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act , IPOB is a
terrorist organisation! Also it by its advocacy and modus of operation it is a
terrorist organisation! It used to terrorise, harassing or intimidating those
who do not subscribe it to its separatists ideology and ethnic bigotry before
its proscription so it is a terrorist organisation!
“I want to add that the USA may
say IPOB is not a terrorist organisation by US Law because it is a registered
business concern in the State of California in the United States!
“However by Nigerian law a
foreign company which is not registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission by
the provisions of Section 53 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004 is
illegal.
“And by Section 54 of the
Companies and Allied Matters Act it is a criminal offence for a foreign company
to operate in Nigeria without registration! So all this while IPOB was
operating in Nigeria illegally!”
Okoi Obono-Obla, no country in the world is all by itself. You blindly believe that the world bodies who hold a contrary view to your understanding of IPOB are wrong. What a pity! What do you mean by "internal affairs"? Before you can sufficiently convince reasonable people of the world that your theory has a chance you need to have Nigeria pull out its membership from all and every international bodies. In this way, the world will know that there's truly something exclusively "internal" to Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThe thinks he is wiser the the world leaders . He thinks everyone is gullible like him. He evens believes his own lies .
ReplyDeleteThey don't have to interfare on internal affairs why you guys are maltreating people in the name of protecting national unity,only God will judge you all.
ReplyDeleteThegullible nature of this government just cant be hidden! because the north has birthed and produced terrorists, then the east MUST produce terrorists by every means possible! If this world leading bodies have refused to brand IPOB a terrorist organization doesnt it tell that there is no true reason to label them as terrorists???No individual claiming to be right in his own eyes will ever be...the true scale most of the time doesnt lie within our own ideals and views..NIGERIA IS NOT AN ISLAND SO DON'T MAKE IT ONE.
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Me thinks the FG is just using this proscription and manipulation of recent events to save face for the Nigerian Military whose abusive human right record is renown. Classic Misdirection.
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