FGN to write France, Turkey, Senegal, Malaysia, Hong Kong, UK and the US on IPOB funding
Since the federal government of Nigeria declared IPOB as a terrorist organisation, it has made moves to investigate the source of the group’s funding.
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Nigeria was directed to compile information on the sponsors of IPOB. Findings show that IPOB received huge cash flows from the following countries: Turkey, Senegal, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and the United States.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that France was the headquarters of IPOB’s funding. But the European country on Thursday said it had no knowledge of IPOB’s presence in France.
But a very senior government official said the Federal Government had reached out to France, explaining that it did not accuse the country of being the sponsors of Biafra but that a large transfer of funds were made regularly from France to IPOB in Nigeria.
“In a video, which has even gone viral on Youtube, Kanu said he needed guns. This is not hearsay.
“We will also be writing these countries informing them of the need to ensure that IPOB’s source of funding is traced and blocked.”
