PHOTO NEWS: Buhari Meets With Erdogan In Ankara [Photos]

PHOTO NEWS: Buhari Meets With Erdogan In Ankara [Photos]

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President Buhari is currently in Turkey to attend the D-8 summit. He paid a visit to the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the presidential palace in Ankara this morning.

Both leaders are expected to discuss issues relating to defence and security cooperation, migration issues, among others.

Particularly, President Buhari is expected to raise issue of the alleged importation of arms by IPOB from Turkey.

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The federal government had alleged that the double barrel rifles intercepted by the Nigerian Customs Service at the tin can port were imported into the country by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The minister of defence, Mansur Dan Ali, made the allegation in an interview on Channels TV published on Thursday, October 12.

Ali said that the group was responsible for the importation of arms from Turkey into the country.

He said this was one of the reasons why the federal government labeled the group as a terrorist organisation.

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The minister said intelligence reports had shown that the group was determined to bring confusion in the country.

He said IPOB should have explored constitutional provisions in making their grievances known instead of trying to cause chaos in Nigeria by producing weapons.

The minister also said the military operation tagged Operation Python Dance currently being carried out in the southeast was not targeted at the pro-Biafra group.