The European Union (EU) has condemned and rejected the unilateral classification of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian Armed Forces. The Defence Headquarters of the Nigeria Army on Friday declared IPOB a terrorist organisation, claiming that its members had become violent and a security threat in the country.
But the EU’s condemnation followed reported video footages of the brutal and inhuman activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East region of Nigeria.
The videos showed various scenes of the invasion of communities, torture and killings of IPOB members, which have gone viral since the Nigeria Army launched its Operation Python Dance II to clamp down on the group agitating for selfdetermination.
President of the EU Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Junker, who made the view of the Commission known, openly warned the Nigerian security personnel against what he described as their ill hearted and unprofessional handling of democratic issues and the rights of the people. Junker cautioned the Nigerian military chiefs that they must employ every democratic tenet to handle issues that concern the agitations of the citizens in Nigeria.
“It is the people’s right to agitate and make a request from their government; self-determination is a right enshrined in the United Nation Charter. The people of Biafra have every right to request for a referendum, they have been in this struggle for a while now they have never killed or shot a bullet instead they are the victims of attacks and murder.
“The entire EU hereby condemns the brutal attack on IPOB members and leadership under the pretentious disguise of a military exercise (Operation Python Dance). The Nigerian military is warned to adopt democratic tenets in handling citizens.
The EU will not sit and watch things go undemocratic in the largest economy of the West African region,” he warned.
Junker promised to raise the issues concerning the peoples’ request for a referendum among the caucus of the EU, stating that the Biafra request for a referendum was not different from that of the Catalonians in Spain and the Scots in Britain.
He said the Nigeria government must rise above the suppression of voices of dissent and handle issues with every tenet of maturity and democracy.
SOURCE: www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com/ipob-not-terror-group-eu/

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The narcisstic and genocidal FG/ NA is nothing but a joke in the commitee of nations...The aftermath of their disgraceful and shameful exploits in the SE will be too hot for them to handle in the near future..That is an assurance.

..Silly idiots tagging unarmed civilians who have never killed anyone 'Terrorists' while the World acclaimed fourth terrorist group in the World,Fulani herdsmen are being pampered by you-know-who and armed to teeth to unleash mayhem on the populace..Leaving trails of blood,tears and death as they go..


The stuppidity of this government and their hoardes of zombie supporters is second to none.

We have never been this divided since the civil war..... Muhammad Buhari is a despot and a tyrant.

Ipork yuut

mbaboy:
We have never been this divided since the civil war..... Muhammad Buhari is a despot and a tyrant.

Una no dey tire with this una lie?

Okay

fake news. Another failed attempt to cause discord.

Well EU is not the one to decide that. As a sovereign nation we have the right to make our own decisions. Nonsense.

Op stop posting fake news. The EU never made any such statement. Why do you need to lie to support your cause?

8. Don't post false information on Nairaland