Why UK May Consider Asylum For IPOB, MASSOB Members Posted by African ExaminerEurope, Featured, Latest News Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A move by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has pitted the Federal Government and the UK.
The British government is considering asylum for members of the groups because of alleged marginalisation of the Igbo.
The Federal Government faulted the UK decision. Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed said it (decision) amounted to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and undermining Nigeria’s security.
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The Federal Government yesterday expressed angst over the decision of the United Kingdom to offer asylum to ‘persecuted’ member of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB.
The UK Visas and Immigration had released new guildelines to its decision makers on how to consider and grant asylum applications by members of Biafran secessionist groups, according to online platform, TheCable.
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The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed anger over a plan by the United Kingdom to offer asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the plan was disrespectful to Nigeria as a nation.