The proscribed Igbo socio-political group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, to cancel her planned visit to the South-East geopolitical zone of the country.
IPOB made the call after it raised the alarm over an alleged plot to assassinate the envoy during her visit.
According to IPOB, which claimed it got the information through its intelligence arm, the M-Branch, the idea was to assassinate Laing in the South-East and blame it on its members.
Revealing that the British envoy to Nigeria had “deep hatred” for the actualisation of Biafra restoration, the group warned that the information became expedient to put the world in the know of the assassination plot, saying, “we respect the sanctity of life.”
Emma Powerful, the IPOB Director of Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement on Thursday, June 14, 2022, made available to journalists.
The statement reads in part, “The global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, under the leadership of our Liberator Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, wish to advise the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing to be more conscious of her environment.
Source: Independent
