{"id":41431,"date":"2021-04-20T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=41431"},"modified":"2021-04-20T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:54:56","slug":"asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk","title":{"rendered":"Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria \u2013 FG attacks UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, called it a disrespect to Nigeria, sabotage on the fight against terrorism and an undermining of Nigeria\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<p>The government official spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview program on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed said the issue is within the purview of the Foreign Affairs Minister whom he believes will handle it appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the spokesman for the Federal Government of Nigeria, I will say that if indeed the report that the UK will grant asylum to supposedly persecuted IPOB and MASSOB members is true, then something is wrong somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst the background of the fact that IPOB is not only proscribed but also designated as a terrorist organisation here in Nigeria, the UK\u2019s decision is disrespectful to Nigeria as a nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision amounts to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria\u2019s security. It is not only unconscionable, but it is also inexplicable,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed further recalled the heightened attacks against security agencies in the South East Zone, alleging that IPOB had been indicted as masterminds.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria said for the UK to choose this time to give succour to IPOB calls to question its real intentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we could go down the memory lane, what the UK has done is like Nigeria offering asylum to members of the IRA before the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) released new guidelines to its decision-makers on how to consider and grant asylum applications by members of Biafran secessionist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Asylum is to be granted to \u201cpersecuted\u201d members IPOB and MASSOB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, called it a disrespect to Nigeria, sabotage on the fight against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,199,3910,254,374],"class_list":["post-41431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-ipob","tag-massob","tag-nigeria","tag-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria \u2013 FG attacks UK - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria \u2013 FG attacks UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-20T17:52:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-607f07381a5b2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria \u2013 FG attacks UK\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-20T17:52:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-607f07381a5b2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"IPOB\",\"MASSOB\",\"Nigeria\",\"UK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asylum-to-ipob-massob-members-sabotage-disrespect-for-nigeria-fg-attacks-uk\",\"name\":\"Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria \u2013 FG attacks UK - 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