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British government seeks Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts from FG

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A report by Punch indicates that the United Kingdom has asked the Nigerian government to clarify the status and whereabouts of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader has not been seen in public after a Nigerian Military raid in his country home in Abia state, Kanu is a Nigerian and British citizen Read. According to the report, the British government said it had asked the Nigerian government if the British/Nigerian national was alive or dead. This was made known by the press officer, United Kingdom High Commission in Nigeria, Joe Abuku. His words: “One of the conditions that can make the United Kingdom strip its citizen of nationality is if the person engages in a terrorist activity at home or abroad. And Kanu has dual citizenship and therefore a citizen of Nigeria and the UK”. On whether the UK supported the Nigerian government’s proscription of IPOB, Abuku responded saying the group was not a proscribed organisation under the British law.

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Nnamdi kanu recruited drug addicts thieves IPOB – Ndukwe Ikoh

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The agitation for Biafra led by the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been faulted by Ndukwe Ikoh, a former Abia state House of Representatives aspirant. In a chat with The Sun, Ikoh slammed Kanu for deviating from the original concept of Biafra, as laid down by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. Ikoh stated that the original Biafra plan laid down by Ojukwu was inclusive of other groups from the south-south; but that Kanu had ostracized too many people with his divisive and fiery rhetoric. Ikoh stated that the original Biafra plan laid down by Ojukwu was inclusive of other groups from the south-south; but that Kanu had ostracized too many people with his divisive and fiery rhetoric. He also critisized Kanu for having no clear plan to garner international support for his cause, while claiming that the IPOB leader recruited thieves and drug addicts into his group.

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Kanu’s lawyers ask court to order Buratai to produce ipob leader kanu

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Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, ‎Nnamdi Kanu, has been declared missing by his team of lawyers. The legal team led by Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, ‎said it had therefore, on Wednesday filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order directing the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce Kanu in court. Ejiofor disclosed ‎this in a text message sent to our correspondent on Wednesday in which he said that they just filed an application for prerogative order of habeas corpus commanding the Chief of Army Staff to produce Nnamdi Kanu in court. This, the suit stated was because, Kanu was last seen after soldiers, on September 14, invaded the IPOB leaders house in Afara-ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia Abia State, on a murderous raid, where life and mortar bullets were fired on unarmed and defenseless populace, leaving 28 persons dead and abducting many.

 

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IPOB: Reps revisit devolution powers

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The House of Representatives has resolved to revisit the devolution of power bill which failed during the constitutional amendment in June. The return to the bill is to curb agitations, such as the one by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. This was contained in a matter of urgent public importance raised by the leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday. Mr. Gbajabiamila noted that different agitations across the country have led to divergent views on the structures upon which the unity of Nigeria rests. Events of the last few weeks brought Nigeria close to the precipice,  but for the determination of Nigerians in their various show of commitment to the peace and unity of the country. Hence the urgent need for the intervention of the House of Representatives. Apart from revisiting devolution of powers bill, the House has also resolved to set up a strong committee to liaise with stakeholders across the six geopolitical zones for practical solutions to issues that threaten the unity of Nigeria.

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I’m not promoting Ipob – Fayose

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Special Adviser to the President on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has described as inconsequential
the recognition accorded the Indigenous People of Biafra by some foreign nations as a non-terrorist group,
despite Nigeria’s recent proscription and designation of the group as a terrorist organisation.‎ The Ekiti State
Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says he is not a promoter of the Indigenous People of Biafra. He, however, said the
government must address agitations through dialogue and not military might. Fayose said this in a series of
tweets on his official Twitter handle on Sunday. Fayose said Nigeria must be restructured in order to promote
fairness and equity. Fayose further advised the All Progressives Congress to include members of the opposition in
the Governor Nasir el-Rufai restructuring committee. He added that what this government needs to do is to
restructure and this matter should not be handled by the APC. It should not be a party affair. Using brute force is
not democratic. Running a democracy should not be by propaganda. Democracy is not autocracy.

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IPOB of using fake videos to hoodwink international community – Lai Mohammed

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The Federal Government has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of using fake videos of mass killings, harvested from other parts of Africa and doctored to look current, to mislead the international community and win their support. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this when he addressed Online Publishers in Lagos on Monday. According to the Minister, IPOB has harvested gory videos and pictures from other lands and the distant past, which they are now circulating via the Social Media, to deceive the international community into believing that the people of the South-east are being subjected to state-sponsored, ethno-religious violence. These videos, which have very high emotive quotient, are circulating on the Social Media as we speak. These videos seems to be current but actually they are fake. Either way, there is nothing like genocide anywhere in our country today. What we have in the South-east is a clampdown on a band of lawless people who have no regard for the laws of the land.

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