Biafra: Defense Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali talks on IPOB's arrangement for Nigeria

Mansur Dan-Ali
Minister of Defense

The Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan-Ali, has said the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had embarked to disorganise and bring confusion into the nation however for military mediation. 

The Minister, who said this while highlighting on Channels Television's 'Question Time', noticed that there were knowledge examination to demonstrate the way that IPOB was truly a risk to peace and security of the country 

He stated: "IPOB had goal. They saw military coming to do their typical protected activity, and after that they interfered. 

"They (IPOB) have the Intention of disorganising and getting disarray the nation. 

"The Defense Headquarters of the Armed Forces did their examination and there are such huge numbers of elements that demonstrated that this IPOB bunch isn't a peace-cherishing bunch since they have gone a long ways past what is anticipated from a serene gathering. 

"For what reason do I say as much? 

"There are such a large number of things they thought of. They said that they are framing national gatekeepers; they have shaped knowledge and what you call security powers. They have even gone past that to come up via web-based networking media to state that if their fomentation isn't implied, they will cut down devices the nation over. So does any gathering that has serene goals go to that degree? 

"Here, we have such a significant number of files that we utilized as a part of marking them as a fear based oppressor gathering. One of them, similar to I stated, any gathering that goes past tranquil and established methods for getting things is an issue." 

"Besides, this is a gathering – I will now converse with you as a Nigerian, not even a Defense Minister – that needs to bring tumult, perplexity into the country. Will you permit that or will you run with that gathering?" Dan Ali questioned. 

On whether, the Federal Government took after worldwide standards and traditions before naming IPOB a fear monger gathering, the Minister stated: "What due process do you have to cut down a gathering that needs to bring mayhem into a country? 

"I will give you a case. There is a video that is flowing that the Hausa man is being beaten by the South-Easterners. They needed a repercussion and that is a similar issue to be rehashed in the North. These are a portion of the issues that individuals (don't get it). There are such huge numbers of insight reports of what they are doing. 

"Regardless of the possibility that you convey arms, or endeavor to move arms from the security powers, is it one of the issues, I mean (conditions), for a gathering to be named? What of despise talks? There are such huge numbers of despise talks everywhere to acquire disarray the nation. 

"Likewise, undermining the Armed Forces with fuel bomb is additionally part of it. In this way, intrinsically, they ought to have due process in whatever unsettling they have. Yet, they didn't do it; they chose to pass by drive. They even specified, to some degree, they go to the general population and say that if their requests are not met, they will convey the nation to a halt. Is that what ought to be permitted?"