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• US Congressman Riley Moore warns against emboldening Nigerian separatists
https://thenationonlineng.net/us-congressman-moore-warns-against-emboldening-nigerian-separatists/


• No plans to divide Nigeria - Riley Moore
https://www.nairaland.com/8614079/no-plans-divide-nigeria-riley

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted comments attributed to United States Congressman, Rep. Riley Moore, on Nigeria, religious persecution and self-determination, describing them as based on flawed assumptions and a misreading of history.

In a statement titled “A Response to Rep. Riley Moore on Nigeria, Religious Persecution, and Self-Determination,”

IPOB’s spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, argued that preserving Nigeria’s territorial integrity has not translated into safety for Christians, particularly in the North, the Middle Belt and parts of the South-West.

According to IPOB, Nigeria’s more than six decades of unity under what it described as a “British-designed central structure” have coincided with recurring attacks on Christians, including killings, mass displacement, church burnings and a culture of impunity allegedly enabled by the state.

Powerful said the crisis facing Nigeria is not a lack of international security cooperation but a “structural failure” rooted in what he called a forced union of incompatible religious and civilizational systems.

Reacting to claims that self-determination could embolden terrorism, IPOB dismissed the argument as misleading, insisting that terrorism thrives in environments where identities are suppressed and autonomy denied, rather than where oppressed groups seek peaceful self-rule.

He cited Afghanistan as an example, arguing that decades of foreign military support and cooperation failed to prevent the resurgence of extremist ideology once the underlying political structure collapsed.

Drawing from history, IPOB maintained that separation has often provided safety for persecuted religious minorities. The group referenced the experience of the Huguenots, who found refuge in Protestant England, as well as the State of Israel, which it described as a sovereign haven for persecuted Jews.

Powerful stressed that the agitation led by IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is not a call to violence but a demand for a democratic referendum, which he described as a peaceful and internationally recognised means of conflict resolution.

According to him, a restored Biafra would serve as a “safe civilisational anchor” where Christians and people of other faiths could live without fear, adding that such a state could also provide refuge for persecuted Christians from other parts of Nigeria.

He further claimed that since the emergence of IPOB, mass killings of Igbos in parts of Northern Nigeria have significantly reduced, attributing the development to what he described as collective self-assertion and deterrence.

While acknowledging the importance of international cooperation in combating violent extremism, IPOB argued that such efforts merely manage symptoms and do not address the root causes of Nigeria’s insecurity.

The group warned that rejecting peaceful constitutional exits while insisting on the permanence of what it called a “demonstrably broken state” would only prolong persecution and instability.

Powerful concluded that an independent Biafra would not threaten regional stability but rather enhance it, insisting that true peace, safety and dignity have historically followed self-rule, not forced unity.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/02/ipob-rebuts-us-lawmaker-says-nigerias-unity-has-failed-to-protect-christians/

Nigeria is due for disintegration.

No way! I hope this works just fine.

How can a r@cist President care about a country of 200 million black people? Make una dey play! Na wetin dem go chop dem dey find.

Later, they will deny they were not the ones behind the lobby in the US to designate Nigeria as a CPC. I wan see how you go wash your hands off this, you don price, you must collect

Orlandoo:
Nigeria is due for disintegration.

You can't even disintegrate your bedroom. But it's Nigeria you want to disintegrate.

Umu aturu.

They don start to dey fight US, $60,000/month lobbying fee don enter voice mail, Lol..

Go on the previous thread and see how 👁️ Pob apologists were twisting the words of the US Senator as if the rest of us do not understand English any longer.

So, I am wondering why 👁️ Pob leaders are here crying while their followers were giving themselves false hope on the thread yesterday.

We have often say that reality is different from online. Emma Powerless and other 👁️ Pob leaders are in real life crying but their followers are on social media lying and deceiving themselves.

There's no way you can win any battle against Nigeria whether internally or externally, una too small abeg. All enemies of Nigeria who became " emergency lovers" will continue to lose.

NIGERIA is a colonial mistake.
Imagine a name given to 250 tribes by the mistress of Lord Lugard in between orgasms.

How many Christians were killed by Christian IPOB in the East. Including SW to your narrative that Christians are been killed/persecuted is a madness taken too far.

I don't know who to support here

On one hand na pitobi or nothing for president

Then again we don't want one Nigeria

We hail trump for this Christian genocide buhaha but less curse him now since na one Nigeria he dey use am support

Nzogbu nzogbu

Who's scared of dismembering Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines??

What British created in Nigeria is a total disaster, an absolute mess.

The Unity beggars above me.
Once they hear biafra they begin to wriggle like earthworm.

Wizardslayer:
Who's scared of dismembering Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines??

What British created in Nigeria is a total disaster, an absolute mess.

Go and get a job.

LAZY YOUTH.

PDPdestroyer:
Later, they will deny they were not the ones behind the lobby in the US to designate Nigeria as a CPC. I wan see how you go wash your hands off this, you don price, you must collect

They can't deny it anymore, their yánsh don open.

PDPdestroyer:
Later, they will deny they were not the ones behind the lobby in the US to designate Nigeria as a CPC. I wan see how you go wash your hands off this, you don price, you must collect

So IPOB is powerful enough to Lobby the U.S to bend Tinubu and the whole APC to their will.

Wow! That's means your government no get levels na. Shame on them for also giving IPOB the edge due to bad governing structures.
Shame on U too for admitting it. 😁

how many Muslims and christian ipob terrorists killed under one Nigeria

MrColdsweat:
The Unity beggars above me.
Once they hear biafra they begin to wriggle like earthworm.

Lazy youth.....Next thing we'll see you in India arrested for cocaine.

Dramatic moments await this nation in the near future.

Where impunity and marginalization has been perpetuated without pity,then it's a matter of time for the center to no longer hold.

The foundation of this nation has been terribly bruised and it's currently shaking. A government of inclusion that is truly patriotic would be a nice step towards it's healing. Till then.....

Really overdue for disintegration. The problem presently is who will bell the cat. That is asking who will take the risk that everyone agrees needs to be done, but no one wants to do it themselves. This thing can only be done when the regions come together and take the decision together without biased or ulterior motives...

.....

Orlandoo:
Nigeria is due for disintegration.

Technically ipob is no different from boko Haram and isis with the whole emphasis that USA is putting on coexisting

Coexisting is their concern not even the separatist ideology

wallrichy:
Really overdue for disintegration. The problem presently is who will bell the cat. That is asking who will take the risk that everyone agrees needs to be done, but no one wants to do it themselves. This thing can only be done when the regions come together and take the decision together without biased or ulterior motives...

.....

Go and get a job or start a business, and stop dreaming of nonsense.

Lazy youth.

Your juniors are establishing tech startups in Yaba with nothing, and attracting millions of dollars in investment from Silicon Valley.

Stay there, you hear?

Their plan no work.
They wanted trump to come and kill us all

ipob are funny you want biafra and you dont like northerners and southwest but you care too much about what is going on there isnt these hypocrisy

PDPdestroyer:
Later, they will deny they were not the ones behind the lobby in the US to designate Nigeria as a CPC. I wan see how you go wash your hands off this, you don price, you must collect

So you are happy that genocide going on in nigeria.

He further claimed that since the emergence of IPOB, mass killings of Igbos in parts of Northern Nigeria have significantly reduced, attributing the development to what he described as collective self-assertion and deterrence.

Nothing can be more certain than this.

It has reduced drastically.

PDPdestroyer:
Later, they will deny they were not the ones behind the lobby in the US to designate Nigeria as a CPC. I wan see how you go wash your hands off this, you don price, you must collect

And what is wrong with what Emma powerful said, what about me and others who spent a lot to bring Trump attention to the killing of Christians especially middle belt of Nigeria despite am not from South East Nigeria

Zehdbe:
ipob are funny you want biafra and you dont like northerners and southwest but you care too much about what is going on there isnt these hypocrisy

This propaganda have been said many times

teejoyz:
How many Christians were killed by Christian IPOB in the East. Including SW to your narrative that Christians are been killed/persecuted is a madness taken too far.

None the killing happened Cox the fg are insensitive

Truthissupreme:
Technically ipob is no different from boko Haram and isis with the whole emphasis that USA is putting on coexisting

Coexisting is their concern not even the separatist ideology

How do you coexist with genocidists in the name of nigeria?
You are outside nigeria commenting while thousands are being killed in nigeria by those desert terrorists.
Well what i have noticed is that it seems the people fighting IPOB do not mean well for the indigenous people of nigeria.
THey feed on the blood of nigerian citizens.
GOD FORBID!