Nigeria: Govt Fumes As UK Offers Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB Members

21 April 2021

The Federal Government yesterday expressed angst over the decision of the United Kingdom to offer asylum to 'persecuted' member of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB.

The UK Visas and Immigration had released new guildelines to its decision makers on how to consider and grant asylum applications by members of Biafran secessionist groups, according to online platform, TheCable.

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