Watch Garba Shehu say IPOB is a terrorist organization, Fulani herdsmen are just a criminal gang

President Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, says Fulani herdsmen, who attack citizens, are criminal gangs but not terrorists.
Shehu said this during an interview on Channels TV today, Thursday September 21st.
According to Shehu, the Muhammadu Buhari led government did not declare Fulani herdsmen, who kill people, as terrorists because they are “only criminal gangs”.
However, he added that security agencies were dealing with criminal herdsmen according to the law.

“There is a difference between a criminal activity and a terrorist activity. Yes, some Fulani herdsmen are a criminal gang and they are being dealt with according to the law,” he said.
“But IPOB like Boko Haram has a territory they have carved out to themselves …as a sovereign state of its own…. They have shown the willingness to invade other neighbouring states. They have raised concerns in neighbouring Kogi and Benue states. They have said they are interested in taking over Bayelsa and Rivers. That is exactly what Boko Haram has done. This is not acceptable to the law of the country.”

Last Friday, the defence headquarters declared the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a “militant terrorist” organisation. South-east governors followed suit, proscribing the group.
On Wednesday, a federal high court in Abuja, gave an order outlawing the group.
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