Cameroon Lauds Nigeria for Arresting IPOB Leader, Kanu

Cameroon has lauded Nigeria for the recent arrest and repatriation of the leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, to the country.

The commendation came as President Muhammadu Buhari pledged the readiness of Nigeria to ensure that the Republic of Cameroon would remain an indivisible country.

Cameroon’s Special Envoy, Mr. Felix Mbayu, who spoke yesterday at the State House, Abuja while delivering a message from President Paul Biya to Buhari, congratulated the Nigerian government on the recent arrest and repatriation of Kanu with the collaboration of national security agencies and INTERPOL.

The IPOB, a separatist group that was proscribed by the Nigerian government, was said to have entered into alliance with the Ambazonian Movement, a separatist group from Cameroon, in their agitations for self-determination.

Mbayu, who is also Minister Delegate in Charge of Cooperation with the Commonwealth, said that Biya was happy with the role Nigeria was playing in Africa, noting that the two neighbours shared not just borders and historical ties “but also common challenges.”