The Presidency has accused the indigenous people of biafra of deliberately tarnishing the image of Nigeria internationally.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity mr. Garba Shehu said this in a statement on Sunday.
According to him the group is leading the campaign on false allegations of persecution of Christians in the country.
Shehu alleged that ipob was running two interconnected campaigns using the cover of Christianity and calling for the appointment of the United States special envoy to stop the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.
He added that’s the group began the campaigns in October 2019 which he said was being funded with monthly spendings of 85000 Dollars.
The president’s spokesman therefore urged Nigerians and the international community to disregard such campaigns insisting that they were aimed at destroying the good relationship Nigeria has with the United States the United Kingdom and other countries.
See full Statement:
Ipob Self-Proclaimed Jews Use In Christianity To Wage War Against The Nigerian State.
The presidency wishes to draw the attention of all citizens and the international community to a most misleading campaign spearheaded by the so-called indigenous people of biafra ipob news in false allegations of persecution of Christians against the Nigerian state.
a very deep and wide investigation by an agency of the Nigerian government working with international partners has made us become aware that there are two interconnected complaints being run concurrently by the ipob in this regard
both are using the cover of Christianity and calling for a US special envoy to be appointed to stop the genocide of Christians in Nigeria but the real purpose is to drive a wedge between the Nigerian government and the United States the UK and its allies
Ipob leadership of course self proclaims as Jewish a position not shared by the generality of the members.
for reasons of convenience he claims to have an interest in the welfare of Christians but this is a ruse the case for independence the leader believes is strengthened by true when the government of Nigeria is autocratic engaged in a silent slaughter of their own citizens along religious and ethnic lines and that’s therefore the only viable option for the unique religious and ethnic minority is a sovereign biafra separate from Nigeria.
Nigerians and the international community are advised to be wary of this divisive campaign which available evidence shows is being funded with a monthly spending of 85000 US dollars since October 2019 with no records of the source of this largesse
the campaign consists of producing articles in the names of the alleged Christian NGOs’ leaders (of campaign groups created at the time this PR contract with a US lobbying firm was signed) and letters to and from members of Congress to the White House.
unfortunately some members of Congress have clearly been persuaded there is indeed a Christian persecution on the way in Nigeria and do so cutting the campaignand they are known to be taken up the case directly with the white house to appoint the special envoy.
the American charity secured a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike pompeo and has made presentations to the US commission on international religious freedom
There is also a UK and European angle to the campaign which is more opaque then it’s US sisters campaign – giving there is less legal requirements for public filings but what is known of this at the moment is that the budget is sufficient to hire for PR firms in the UK Belgium France and the United States ( the latter additional to the above).
They have founded an NGO/Charity and a linked web-based campaign named stop the silent slaughter which is well designed and complete with video evidence completely contorted.
Members of the alleged Christian NGO have had multiple open and articles in conservative news websites promulgating the iMessage of a Christian genocide some of those articles have also been used as evidence in this sister US campaign.
Two of those conservative news websites who co-founded by the owner of the UK PR firm they have hired to generate their publicity as well as an open-ended article in the name of a British MP who may have been convinced by their campaign under false pretenses.
They have secured additional coverage in France EU and Germany.
they secured a MPs debate on the Christian genocide in the House of Commons in which staff members of the UK PR was referenced as the Private Secretary to the leader of the UK-based charity.
It is clear from all of the above that the IPOB’s extraordinarily and dubiously well-funded campaign in the US and UK slash Europe is misusing the issue of the welfare of Christians purely to further their own political ends and it’s 62 damage interreligious dialogue in Nigeria as well as two damaged international reputation of Nigeria.
Nigerians and the international community are hereby advised to ignore this campaign as they have disregarded similar past campaigns originated by this group which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian state.
international groups and societies are welcome to send representatives to Nigeria and gave Ally to the false claims made by these terrorist groups who are duping them of their money and involvingthem in conducts and activities disguise to destroy the harmonious relationship existing between their home countries and Nigeria
Garba shehu
Senior special assistant to the president
Media and publicity
June 7 2020.
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