Ipob accuses British high commissioner to Nigeria of being involved in internal politics

SECESSIOINIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has advised the British high commissioner to Nigeria to distance herself from the country's politics and political processes in the run-up to next year's elections.

Advising Catriona Laing, the British envoy to Nigeria ahead of next year's general elections, Ipob said most of the political problems in the country were indirectly fuelled by the British government. Ipob spokesman Emma Powerful, pointed out for instance, that the British government contributed to 99.9% of the political problems facing the country.

In addition, the group also faulted the 1964 population census, which it said was falsified to give the north an edge over the south. According to the secessionist group, Ms Laing has been involved in so many fraudulent activities going on in Nigeria and she has become part of the cabal to select a Nigerian president who will be loyal to the British government and guarantee the uninterrupted flow of oil from the southeast geo-political zone to Britain.

Mr Powerful said: “Britain selfishly and forcefully amalgamated unwilling and parallel ethnic groups into a cage called a country. Britain introduced election rigging in Nigeria by falsification of population census in 1964 in favour of the Northern Protectorate.

“It is only in Nigeria that people in a desert region will claim to be more in population than people in the rainforest region but this was done with the help of British manipulations in Nigeria. Britain is indirectly fuelling the crisis in Nigeria by taking sides with the north against the south but in particular, against the Igbos.

“The British high commissioner in Abuja is engineering the Nigeria government and security agencies to kill and burn down properties belonging to Biafran citizens to force us to abandon the movement and struggle. British high commissioner, you are a biased diplomat and have never been sincere in your dealings and utterances concerning Nigeria.

"You are not telling your government the truth about your involvement in Nigerian politics and national affairs unless they advise you to do so. Ipob has always maintained that we are not interested in Nigerian politics and elections as we and the Eastern Security Network members are only interested in the Biafra referendum date and nothing more.

“Dear high commissioner Ms Catriona Laing, you are much involved in so many fraudulent activities going on in Nigeria. You're part of the problem not part of the solution. You have become among the cabals who select a Nigeria-British loyal president that will guarantee the uninterrupted free flow of oil from Biafraland to Britain.

“Ipob wishes to advise Madam British high commissioner, to extricate herself from Nigeria's fraudulent political activities and most especially from its ethnic and fascism politics.”