{"id":96234,"date":"2022-06-22T09:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96234"},"modified":"2022-06-22T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T08:40:03","slug":"buhari-to-global-community-treat-ipob-as-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-to-global-community-treat-ipob-as-a-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari to global community: Treat IPOB as a terrorist organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1736322223148902933\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the international community to designate the\u00a0 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organization and take additional steps to proscribe it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Buhari, who made the demands in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, which transcripts his media office made available to journalists, lamented that the leadership of the group \u201cenjoys safe haven in the West, broadcasting hate speech into Nigeria from London, spending millions lobbying members of the U.S. Congress, and freely using international financial networks to arm agitators on the ground.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also attributed Nigeria\u2019s inability to meet its OPEC quota in crude production to the alleged criminal activities of IPOB in the oil producing regions, saying the group was complicit in damage to pipelines and infrastructure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Buhari, who also defended his government\u2019s decision to retain fuel subsidy against the advice of the experts, accused western powers urging him to do so of double standards.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMost western countries are today implementing fuel subsidies. Why would we remove ours now? What is good for the goose is good for the gander! What our western allies are learning the hard way is what looks good on paper and the human consequences are two different things.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMy government set in motion plans to remove the subsidy late last year. After further consultation with stakeholders, and as events unfolded this year, such a move became increasingly untenable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBoosting internal production for refined products shall also help. Capacity is due to step up markedly later this year and next, as private players and modular refineries (Dangote Refinery, BUA Group Refinery, Waltersmith Refinery) come on board,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Buhari, who will bow out of office on May 29, 2023, said he would leave Nigeria in a far better place than he left it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe leave Nigeria in a far better place than we found it. Corruption is less hidden for Nigerians feel empowered to report it without fear, while money is returned; terrorists no longer hold any territory in Nigeria, and their leaders are deceased; and vast infrastructure development sets the country on course for sustainable and equitable growth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIn 2015, Boko Haram held territory the size of Belgium within the borders of Nigeria. Today they are close to extinct as a military force. The leader of ISWAP was eliminated by a Nigerian Airforce airstrike in March. The jets acquired from the U.S. and intelligence shared by British were not provided to previous administrations and stand as testament to renewed trust re-built between Nigeria and our traditional western allies under my government,\u201d Buhari claimed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the international community to designate the\u00a0 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organization and take additional steps to proscribe it. 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