IPOB: US Govt Decision Unfortunate – Lai Mohammed

The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said the American’s stance towards the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) is unfortunate.

The US Embassy last week said it does not consider the IPOB as a terrorist organization, just days after the Federal Government proscribed the group, accusing it of terrorist activities.

During an interview with BBC Focus on Africa, Mohammed said, “The acts and utterances of IPOB were acts and utterances of terrorists. For instance Nnamdi Kanu was caught on tape saying that they want Biafra and not peacefully but by force and that if they don’t get Biafra, Somalia will be a paradise with the kind of mayhem.”

“This is also the same man who opens a safe for arms and the same man who set up his own Biafra national gathering, his own Biafra secret service and the same man who actually attacked army formations.”

Mr. Lai Mohammed responding to a question on the fact that the U.S. does not see IPOB as a terrorist organisation said, “That’s very unfortunate. Because if countries decide to pick and choose which organisations are terrorists and which are not bearing in mind that terrorism has no boundaries, I think what we should do is, every country should work together to ensure that terrorism does not strive.”