Separatist Groups Enjoying Global Sympathy – NSA
We do not believe in secession – Afenifere, Ohanaeze

National Security Adviser (NSA) Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has said separatist agitations in some parts of West Africa are gaining global attention due to international sympathy.

Monguno stated this in paper he presented at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris titled; “Combating persistent and emerging threats to regional peace and security In Africa: pivotal role of Nigeria.”

He said most of Nigeria’s contemporary security problems were influenced or heightened by external threat factors in the global environment.

“We are exploring the feasibility of setting up a border security force in the foreseeable future to secure Nigeria’s border areas,” he said.

“The activities of IPOB in Nigeria as well as the activities of Ambazonian separatists in Cameroon have attracted international sympathy mainly from sympathizers in the Diaspora. It should be noted that the Nigerian government has never prevented the freedom of expression or agitation; however, the violent confrontation and engagement of security forces by these groups usually translates into fatalities and other grave consequences.

“While we continue to extend dialogue as the main medium for resolving conflicts in the country, the Nigerian government will continue to discharge its responsibility of ensuring the safety of lives and property against any criminal activity by IPOB or any separatist group,” he said.

The NSA said Africa’s porous borders remained a major source of concern as this had aided smuggling of prohibited items and irregular migration as well as other transnational organised crimes.


He admitted that the nation’s borders are poorly manned but with the help of technology as adopted by the various agencies.

On present efforts, he said the Nigeria Customs Service has developed the E- Customs strategy while the Nigeria Immigrations Service has equally put in place an Integrated Border Management System (IBMS).

Afenifere Does Not Believe In Secession–Pa Adebanjo

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, says it does not believe in secession and disintegration of Nigeria but demands true federalism to address the country’s challenges.

“We are not anarchists; we are not secessionists. We recognise that there is a democratically-elected government, acting leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, told newsmen in Lagos.

“However, it is the considered position of Afenifere that the president urgently constitutes a Government of National Unity solely to undertake the restructuring of Nigeria, in consultation with the Nigerian peoples.

“The issue of restructuring is about our freedom. We are democrats. I don’t want violence. I don’t want the country to break,’’ the 93-year-old Yoruba leader said.

Adebanjo, who noted that most states of the federation were unviable entities, decried the level of insecurity across the country, which he said a restructured Nigeria would resolve.

The Yoruba leader also called for a sovereign national conference on restructuring and said that the country must be returned to the 1960 Independence Constitution before the 2023 general elections.

“The Nigeria that was agreed is one that was deliberately federal in structure. The Nigeria that was agreed was by design, based on a parliamentary system of government.

“The Nigeria that was agreed was one that recognised the rights of the federating regions to nationhood within the ambit of the federation that was birthed.

“It was the position of Afenifere and the National Democratic Coalition that there existed an urgent need for a sovereign national conference of ethnic nationalities that have become known as Nigerians.

“We remain convinced that the need for a sovereign national conference is imperative. The basis of the Nigerian state must be clearly negotiated,’’ he stressed.

Adebanjo said that there could not be peace in the absence of equality, justice and truth guaranteed by substantial restructuring and true federalism.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo said the source of agitation for secession in the South East, is that Igbos are asking for equity, justice and fairness.

He said N’digbo would only leave Nigeria only when it wants to do so.

He was reacting reacting to the coalition of northern groups’ suit filed before the Federal High Court Abuja asking the South South to exit Nigeria “because of violence and destruction being allegedly occasioned by the agitation for secession championed by IPOB.”



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Mongo park

Say this without crying

But real terrorists like Gumi and Pantami are enjoying presidential sympathy. Useless man that Boko Haram has banished from entering his home town

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Why won't they gain global sympathy?
you fulanis monopolize power, your president insults a major tribe anytime he opens his mouth on international media.

You kill them for simply waving flags and now you want the world to look the other way?

What is wrong with seperatism if I may ask? Britain that backs you held a referedum for Scotland who wanted to leave their union the other day. Britain itself seperated itself from the EU, yet you hopeless animals are prepared to kill Biafrans and others in millions because they insist they want leave peacefully and chart their own destiny.

Can you fulanis take a fraction of the insult Easterners have taken in this country since 1970.

Spend your billions, buy your amoured tanks and military hardwares, but there will be no sense security for you if there is no justice.

The headline is sensational and misleading!
Enjoying sympathy from your own kinsmen in diaspora through donations to fuel agitation is entirely different from global sympathy from world powers.

Ipobians & their media sympathizers keep twisting news in a bid to seek validation for a phantom country.

The National Security Adviser who's home town is occupied by Boko Haram a well known terrorist organisation in the international circle is more worried about IPOB who doesn't threaten him or his town in any way. BabAgama Monkeyno can lie all he wants but eventually he will face the bloody reality which stares him in face. Those you've harassed, maimed and killed will return for their pound of flesh and you will have no hiding place. One by one, the mossad agents went after the heads of associations that supervised the slaughter of the Jews in WW2, so shall you all fall for your current crimes in Biafran land. It is the right thing to do.

Boko Haram is also a seperatist group that cut a country from taking spaces from like 4 countries e.g Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Northern Camerron.
The world did not give Boko Haram sympathy is you and Buhari that gave them the sympathy.
People that kidnap so many school girls, killed thousands u and buhari refuse to call them terrorists, (same way buhari dey worship saint bandits terrorist that he refused to proscribe too).
Now you bring all of them in Boko Haram into normalcy and even into the military.
But if it's southerner, una go do like say Na dem kill una ancestors, and great great grandfather them.
Nigeria is a disgrace, shame, and a big insult to country hood.

Everyone in apc has lost their Sense even the ones that manage to have one, can't use it because buhari

Separatist Groups Enjoying Global Sympathy, NSA Raises Alarm.
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Aufbauh:
The headline is sensational and misleading!
Enjoying sympathy from your own kinsmen in diaspora through donations to fuel agitation is entirely different from global sympathy from world powers.

Ipobians & their media sympathizers keep twisting news in a bid to seek validation for a phantom country.

Justice is always cheaper than oppression. Your inability to recognise this truth takes nothing away from its veracity and clarity. You will learn by force.

Emergingnation:
Lol ! Pained unity beggar

Frustrated freedom beggar.

Pls stop begging me for freedom cus I'm a Freeman and not your taskmaster.

Terrorists in a government of terrorists telling the world that separatists are terrorists.Wonders shall never end.