GIOTV reports that the Presidency has attacked Yoruba Nation agitators for ‘keeping association’ with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the ongoing protest at the United Nations (UN) Assembly in New York, United States.
The Yoruba Nation, IPOB agitators, among others had resumed their protest at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
The agitators vowed to reconvene on Friday, September 24, 2021, when President Muhammadu Buhari will be addressing the UN Assembly.
However, the Presidency condemned the action of the Yoruba Nation agitators via a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday.
The Presidency further threatened to judge the Yoruba Nation agitators by the company they keep, saying that no one should take them seriously.
The statement read in part, “It was, however shocking, to see “Yoruba Nation” advocates yesterday unequivocally throw their lot in with Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“IPOB is a designated terrorist organisation. It has now publicly revealed a 50,000 strong paramilitary organisation.“It regularly murders security services and innocent civilians, with a significant uptick of violent attacks this year. And it is currently attempting to hold Nigerian states hostage with orders to stay at home under threat of terror.
“Without doubt, Nigerians and the entire world will judge the Yoruba Nation by the company it keeps.
“No one can take seriously this organisation if it continues its IPOB association. When their allies systematically trample human rights, it raises sober questions about their claims to uphold the values of the UN.“The cooperation is a worrying development, once parsed with Yoruba Nation’s increasingly violent rallies in Nigeria.
“Actions and associations speak louder than words. Yoruba Nation’s talk of human rights promotion must therefore be ignored,” Garba Shehu stated.