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Yoruba Nation Agitators Is In Alliance With IPOB ‘Terrorist’ Shocking – Presidency Says

The presidency has described affiliation of agitators for Yoruba nation with members of the Biafran secessionist group Indigenous Folks of Biafra, IPOB which it described as a terrorist group as surprising.

 

The presidency stated this whereas reacting to ongoing protest by the Yoruba Nation agitators, IPOB and different Nigerian teams on the United Nations Common Meeting.

 

“IPOB is a chosen terrorist organisation. It has now publicly revealed a 50,000 sturdy paramilitary organisation.

 

“It commonly murders safety companies and harmless civilians, with a major uptick of violent assaults this yr. And it’s at present making an attempt to carry Nigerian states hostage with orders to remain at residence underneath risk of terror.

“Doubtless, Nigerians and your complete world will decide Yoruba Nation by the corporate it retains,” the presidency stated in a press release signed by Garba Shehu, the senior particular assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity.

 

The presidency nonetheless appealed to the media to deal with points as President Muhammadu Buhari is ready to go away for the UN Common Meeting subsequent week.

 

See the total assertion under.

For Nigerian diaspora teams to make use of the world’s largest platform – the United Nations Common Meeting – to garner consideration to their causes is just not surprising.

It was, nonetheless surprising, to see “Yoruba Nation” advocates yesterday unequivocally throw their lot in with Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB).

IPOB is a chosen terrorist organisation. It has now publicly revealed a 50,000 sturdy paramilitary organisation.

It commonly murders safety companies and harmless civilians, with a major uptick of violent assaults this yr. And it’s at present making an attempt to carry Nigerian states hostage with orders to remain at residence underneath risk of terror.

Doubtless, Nigerians and your complete world will decide Yoruba Nation by the corporate it retains.

Nobody can take severely this organisation if it continues its IPOB affiliation. When their allies systematically trample human rights, it raises sober questions on their claims to uphold the values of the UN.

The cooperation is a worrying growth, as soon as parsed with Yoruba Nation’s more and more violent rallies in Nigeria.

Actions and associations communicate louder than phrases. Yoruba Nation’s discuss of human rights promotion should subsequently be ignored.

In the meantime, the Nigerian authorities will proceed its work on the UN- to combat in opposition to corruption and illicit monetary flows, and worldwide cooperation.

If we need to see stolen funds returned to their rightful residence in Nigeria, the federal government should proceed to marketing campaign for and coordinate world motion on asset restoration.

The federal government will stay the main regional actor within the combat in opposition to world terror – notably in opposition to threats emanating from the Sahel. By the Nigerian Technical Help Corps programme, the nation additionally shares technical experience with international locations from the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific.

On the identical time, the administration is implementing a programme of environmental sustainability to fight developments which destroys Nigerian communities in weak areas.

Solely via the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Growth can we safe a affluent future for Nigeria.

As the most important nation in Africa, the federal government takes severely its management position and can proceed to try for continental unity, cooperation, and shared prosperity.

Our expectation is subsequently for the media to work with the federal government to focus consideration on the core points the President, the chief of the nation has on his programme.

Garba Shehu
Senior Particular Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
September 15, 2021