Kanu Became ‘IPOB Monster’ Under Buhari, After Preaching Unity Under Jonathan – Lai Mohammed

Information Minister, Lai Mohammed has claimed Biafra agitators are being sponsored by “treasury looters” and those he described as “the coalition of the politically disgruntled”.

Mohammed, at a news conference in Lagos, claimed the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is being championed by saboteurs of the Buhari administration.

According to the minister, Kanu, who allegedly preached Nigeria’s unity under the Goodluck Jonathan administration “suddenly turned into a monster” after the emergence of Buhari as president.

Mohammed said this in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi.

“Nigerians must understand that IPOB was not set up to fight for the right of anyone or group, but as a tool to destabilise the nation, divert attention from the efforts of the Buhari administration and obliterate the laudable achievements of the government.

“IPOB is being sponsored by those I will call the coalition of the politically disgruntled and the treasury looters. They believe that by sponsoring this group to destabilise the country and trigger chaos, they will realise their ambition of escaping justice and then be free to dip their hands into the nation’s treasury again.

“If this is coincidental, then that coincidence is uncanny, at the least. Remember that Nnamdi Kanu, who led a protest at the Nigeria house in London against Boko Haram insurgency and in support of Nigeria’s unity, under the Jonathan administration, has suddenly metamorphosed into an IPOB monster who will rather set the nation ablaze.

“Thankfully, IPOB has failed in its evil machinations. The good people of Nigeria have seen beyond those cheap tactics and have avoided being incited against one another. We must remain vigilant and resolute. We must all say no to the incendiary and divisive tendencies of IPOB and its cohorts.

“But for (the military’s) quick and decisive intervention, IPOB could have set the nation on fire. Thanks to the decisiveness of the military, today the governors of the states in the south-east have wisely proscribed IPOB,” Adeyemi quoted Mohammed as saying.