Supporters of the creation of a Yoruba nation told the Nigerian government that they do not cooperate with the Movement for the Independence of Biafra (IPOB)

 


Supporters of the creation of a Yoruba nation told the Nigerian government that they do not cooperate with the Movement for the Independence of Biafra (IPOB)

This was in response to a statement by the federal government warning that they should not cooperate with Biafra's guerrilla group, IPOB.

Since September 14, 2021, Yoruba Nation activists and other Nigerian ethnic groups have protested at UN Headquarters in New York.

The announcement comes as the President of the Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari and other world leaders address the world during UN General Assembly.

The chairman of a coalition of Nigerian militant groups, Professor Banji Akintoye, is also actively participating in the protests outside the UN headquarters to raise awareness around the world about the situation ignited by nomadic pastoralists in southern and central Nigeria.

The reason for the Nigerian government to emit this alert to the Yoruba separatist movement, is that the Movement for the Independence of Biafra is, by law, a group of non-peaceful activities.

In a statement from the president's chief adviser, Garba Shehu,  said the IPOB had about 50,000 troops.

He added that "no one would count the number of those who request the creation of the Yoruba nation while they were conducting violent protests..."

The Nigerian presidential spokesman's comments came after members of the IPOB joined the group calling for the creation of a Yoruba Nation at a rally outside UN headquarters in New York.

It was at this rally that they protested the injustices happening in Nigeria and called for the establishment of the Yoruba Nation…. (Yoruba Nation One million man march: Àwọn tó ń ṣagbátẹrù Yorùbá Nation ní IPOB kò ṣiṣẹ pọ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn - BBC News Yorùbá)

 


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