President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ban the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), insisting the group was a terror organisation.
Buhari, who made call in an interview with Bloomberg monitored in Abuja, said IPOB was behind several killings and destruction of property in the South-East.
He added that IPOB atrocities promoted the government to brand the group a terrorist organisation and urged the international community to follow suit.
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The President said: “We urge our international partners like the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other international bodies to take additional steps costing them nothing, by proscribing another group – IPOB – as a terrorist organization.
“Their leadership enjoys safe haven in the West, broadcasting hate speech into Nigeria from London, spending millions of in foreign…
