He said the matter is under the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, whom he said was competent to handle the issue appropriately.

The Nigerian government has described as disrespectful the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra who seek such over alleged persecution.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also said such a move would sabotage Nigeria's fight against terrorism and undermine its security during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme, NANForum, on Tuesday.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
He however said the matter is under the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, whom he said was competent to handle the issue appropriately.

“As the spokesman for the Federal Government of Nigeria, I will say that if indeed the report that the UK will grant asylum to supposedly persecuted IPOB and MASSOB members is true, then something is wrong somewheThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
He however said the matter is under the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, whom he said was competent to handle the issue appropriately.

“As the spokesman for the Federal Government of Nigeria, I will say that if indeed the report that the UK will grant asylum to supposedly persecuted IPOB and MASSOB members is true, then something is wrong somewhere.


“Against the background of the fact that IPOB is not only proscribed but also designated as a terrorist organisation here in Nigeria, the UK’s decision is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation.

“The decision amounts to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria’s security. It is not only unconscionable, it is inexplicable,’’ he said.

Citing the recent attacks on police stations, police personnel and prisons in the South-East, Mohammed said IPOB had been found to be responsible for the violence.

He continued, “If we could go down the memory lane, what the UK has done is like Nigeria offering asylum to members of the IRA before the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement."

The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) had released new guidelines on how to consider and grant asylum applications by members of Biafran secessionist groups.

But granting Fulanis herdsmen from Mali, Libya and Somalia unrestricted access to the country and even issuing them passports and national registration is OK abi??

who is the terrorist now

oga lai muhameed

Oponu, alainilaakaaye, ode, afofungbemu. Mtchew

Wailing lie Mohammed

MNK and his team are really trying, many thanks.

chai I can feel your pain Lai Mohammed, this one pain am well well.

but this just the beginning, you will die the day Biafra will finally be actualise, Lai Mohan and any one against Biafra should start now and be digging his or her grave, because all of you will die of heart attack the day Biafra will finally come to reality.....

Uncle Lai, the govt should expel the British ambassador immediately, we can't take this.

If the matter was under the purview of another ministry, why is he making unguarded utterances. Is he trying to undermine the Foreign Affairs Minister by preempting his response?

vanunu:
Uncle Lai, the govt should expel the British ambassador immediately, we can't take this.

Yes!
Not just expel them, but punish them well well!.
First sack all the British companies here!
Second, cancel British recognition and imposition of minority Fulanis on the rest of us.
Third, make sure that our darling president doesn't go to Britain to rest again!

Rather, the international community is fully aware of Buhari's grade 1 nepotism. Ipob are terrorists but fulani herdsmen are saints.

these ancestors and their running mouths,una cup go soon full. Endsars will be child's place,I see revolution if they no allow secession in peace