{"id":2446,"date":"2017-11-16T08:41:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2017-11-16T08:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:43:41","slug":"buhari-fires-ipob-in-anambra-biafra-secession-senseless-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/buhari-fires-ipob-in-anambra-biafra-secession-senseless-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari fires IPOB in Anambra: Biafra secession &#8216;senseless propaganda&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"hidden-in-basic article__image main-video\">\n<div class=\"video__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"video-article-404853\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/404853\/400x225_404853.jpg?1510787424\" alt=\"Biafra secession 'senseless propaganda' \u2013 Buhari fires IPOB in Anambra\" width=\"476\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<header class=\"article__header hidden-in-basic\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\n<address class=\"article__author\">Nov 16, 2017:\u00a0 Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had tough words for Biafra separatists in the country\u2019s southeast during his presidential tour which took him to Anambra State on Wednesday.<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>According to him, talk of secession led by the Ingidenous People of Biafra (<span class=\"caps\">IPOB<\/span>) amounted to \u2018senseless proaganda,\u2019 and that the impact of the Igbo people on Nigeria can never be underrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no part of Nigeria where you will not find Igbo entrepreneurs. So I am asking you all not to buy into the senseless propaganda on secession. Igbo is Nigeria and Nigeria is Igbo. Both are inseparable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari had left Ebonyi State on Tuesday after a series of engagements before arriving in next door Anambra State where gubernatorial elections are due on November 18, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the final rally of the ruling All Progressive Congress (<span class=\"caps\">APC<\/span>) rallying supporters to turn up and vote for the party\u2019s candidate.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IPOB<\/span>\u00a0has called for a boycott of the polls asking people to stay at home on the day of the vote. They even threatened those who defied their calls with death. Despite a vow to disrupt Buhari\u2019s visit, nothing was heard from the group throughout Buhari\u2019s engagement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/africanews\/status\/930728174488621057\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-loaded is-constrainedByMaxWidth\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-image TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageContainer tcu-imageAspect--2to1\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageWrapper tcu-image-930728174488621057 js-cspForcedStyle\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/930579185415974912\/sOcIs6O1?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<p class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Biafra separatists checked as Buhari gets top title on visit to Igboland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Local media reports that there was heightened security presence during Buhari&#8217;s engagements including the hovering of a surveillance helicopter &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--bottom tweet-InformationCircle\">A major highlight of his time in Anambra was his directive that security detail of the incumbent governor, William Obiano be fully reinstated. The governor had been without security aides after they were withdrawn by the Inspector General of Police.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop SummaryCard-destination\" dir=\"ltr\">africanews.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 16, 2017:\u00a0 Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had tough words for Biafra separatists in the country\u2019s southeast during his presidential tour which took him to Anambra State on Wednesday. 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