PHOTO: Lai Mohammed blames 'Coalition of Treasury Looters' as those sponsoring Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB-Biafra

In what looked like a victory song for the Federal government, after the sudden 'disappearance' of separatist  movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Lai Mohammed in a Press conference, has revealed those behind the group's activities.

The group which hitherto, looked like something that was going to blow up in our faces before the 'operation python dance' declaration by  the military, has been described as the hand work of opposition by Information Minister, Lai Mohammed.

The minister rubbished the opposition as those behind the movement, and also as sponsors of the leader Nnamdi Kanu.

The Minister who made the shocking revelation, accused opposition politicians as brain behind the sudden emergence of Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB-Biafra, who before they were proscribed, threatened the unity of the country. The minister while speaking to press, called the opposition politicians as 'coalition of Politically disgruntled and treasury looters'  He said:
“Nigerians must understand that IPOB was not set up to fight for the right of anyone or group, but as a tool to destabilize 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 destabilize the country and trigger chaos, they will realize their ambition of escaping justice and then be free to dip their hands into the nation’s treasury again,” 

The Minister questioned the sudden emergence and agitation and call for break up of the country, since the Buhari administration took over, pointing to the 2012 video where Nnamdi Kanu was calling on Nigeria leaders to do all it takes to make sure Nigeria remains one and United. He said:

“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,” he said.

On IPOB claims of killings, he said:

“Such videos, which have very high emotive quotient, are circulating on the Social Media. We call on all to subject such videos to the greatest scrutiny so as not to be misled. In particular, we urge the international community not to jump to any conclusion on the basis of such videos,”

“The divisive and jaundiced opinions of some anarchists have been given a big play by a section of the media. This is wrong. Let me remind all of us of the role of the media, especially the radio, in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda that left about 800,000 people dead,”