IPOB has nothing to do with Buhari in Japan – Presidency

The Federal Government of Nigeria has stressed that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari’s official visit to Japan.
In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity on Monday, he urged Nigerians to disregard the group.

“The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has had nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived Yokohama, Japan, on Monday,” he said in the statement.

 

“Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora are urged to disregard concocted stories, backed with spurious visuals, of any protest or harassment of the President and his team.”

“It is the stock-in-trade of hate mongers, who do not realize that the rest of Nigerians have left them far behind.

Adesina noted that President Buhari will make his presence at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) count for Nigeria, and no scare-mongering or sabre-rattling will detract from the outing.