IPOB Cautions British Envoy Over Planned Visit To Southeast

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has been advised by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to halt her planned visit to the southeastern part of the country.

The warning was given on Thursday in a statement by the group's spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a message that alleges that Laing's life is in danger.

"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.

“The reason for this sincere security advice is to save her life.

“The leadership of IPOB do hereby advise that Ms Catriona Liang, must as a matter of life and death suspend all her planned activities involving travels within Biafran Territories", the statement reads.

Amid the incessant killings ravaging the country, IPOB has maintained that it has nothing to do with the murders in the southeast.

The proscribed group has also distanced itself from the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying that he does not know them.