Junaid Muhammad, a second republic lawmaker, has slammed South East governors for trying to wash their hands of the recent ban on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the region.
Reacting to Abia State Governor, Okiezie Ikpeazu’s declaration that the Southeast governors only proscribed IPOB and never declared it a terrorist organisation, Muhammad said the governors are bewildered.
“Owing to the fact that the southeast governors sat and held a meeting to proscribe the activities of IPOB as a result of their violent nature of agitation, justified their move to proscribe the activities of the terrorist group, what President Buhari did was only to enact a decision, which had been taken earlier by them,” the elder statesman told The Guardian.
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“But I want to assure you that whether they proscribe it or not, whether they regard IPOB as terrorist, illegal or legal organisation, it remains proscribed and if they play games, they are going to be dealt with by the law.
“IPOB is an Igbo project, so don’t confuse yourself, the Igbo are the ones financing it, I don’t care whether the southeast governors are not in support of the proscription or not,” he said.