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IPOB Have Nowhere To Go - Buhari Speaks, Gives More Details

Afnews Editor

Jun 10, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a dot in a circle that has nowhere to go.

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Buhari stated this on Thursday, during an interview with Arise TV.

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According to the president, people from the South East have too much investment in Nigeria. He also threatened to send the Military and Police after them.

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He said, "That IPOB is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want to exit, they will have no access to anywhere.

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"And the way they are spread all over the country, having businesses and property, I don't think IPOB knows what they are talking about.

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"In any case, we say we'll talk to them in the language that they understand. We'll organise the police and the military to pursue them.ÔÇØ

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Buhari also claimed he has been assured by, "the elderly peopleÔÇØ and "the youthsÔÇØ from the South-South region, that they have no intention of seceding.

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He insisted that IPOB will not have "access to anywhereÔÇØ even if they eventually secede from the country.

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