France, Major Sponsor Of IPOB – FG

The Federal Government has revealed that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, receives its major funding from France.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who said this during an interview with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, added that the Biafra group also receives funding from “some people in diaspora”.

He said, “We have the records, we know IPOB collects money from many people in diaspora. They collect money from many people in Nigeria, they collect money from some foreign countries, this is clear.

“Let me tell you, the financial headquarters is in France, we know. But you see, can you, as a government, stop people sending money to their parents? You have to block the sources of finance; that is what I said recently.

“It is incontrovertible that some people in diaspora contribute money to IPOB. Where does he get his money from? We know this as a fact.”

The minister added, “In tackling IPOB again, there are a few very naughty diplomatic issues which you need to skip. For instance, who does not know that the IPOB international radio is located in London? We know the diplomatic moves we have been taking and approaching the UK and all the damage it (Radio Biafra) has done but they don’t see it that way; for them, it is about freedom of expression.”

On the declaration of IPOB as a terrorist group, the minister said, “I think anybody, who has watched Nnamdi Kanu’s videos, knows that anywhere he goes, he openly solicits arms and funds. I have a lot of quotations from him as to the violent nature of IPOB.

“In one of his videos, he said if he was arrested, his boys should burn down the country.”