The
Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday tackled the Acting President, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo, over his comment to deal with Biafra agitators and hate mongers,
saying that the group won’t be intimidated by such utterances.
Osinbajo
had on Sunday warned that persons agitating for secession and the northern
groups that issued the ultimatum to Igbo risked jail terms as they violated
Nigeria’s laws.
He
gave the warning at a consultative meeting with traditional rulers from the
South-East at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Abuja.
In
a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State by IPOB’s Media
and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said there was no law
empowering Osinbajo to jail any group in the country who would seek self-determination.
It
said the group was empowered by charters and conventions under international
law to seek self-determination as an indigenous people.
It
accused the acting President of standing the law on its head, adding that
domesticated charters and conventions were binding on member countries.
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