IPOB not funded through sports betting – Nnamdi Kanu replies FG

Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Saturday, reacted to reports
that the group is funded through sports betting and crowd-funding.

He described such claims as false and laughable.

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, had revealed
that global crowdfunding, online transactions, and sports betting fund
terrorist organizations in Nigeria like Boko Haram, ISWAP, IPOB, bandits, and
other such groups.

In its newsletter, NFIU revealed how IPOB and Eastern
Security Network, ESN, received funds through affiliates in 22 countries that
have registered at least 27 entities under the group’s name.

The financial unit said seven of the registrations were made
in the United States, while six were in the United Kingdom.