France , a previous companion of Biafra in the 1967 severance offer, has precluded any support for the withdrawal of any piece of the nation, especially Biafra.
France's Ambassador to Nigeria, Denys Gauer, told newsmen that his nation would not in at any rate work with any gathering unsettling for the evisceration of the country.
He said France was working with Nigeria and supporting it as a nation.
Talking against the scenery of France's past support for Biafra amid Nigeria's polite war, Gauer called attention to that Nigeria has developed since the common war.
France has been collaborating with the nation to beat its difficulties, particularly the battle against rebellion.
Yet, in response, MASSOB said the supposition of Gauer does not speak to that of France and all things considered, would not be taken as truth.
Individuals from the Movement for the Survival of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) amid their rally to stamp the seventeenth commemoration of the development, yesterday, in Awka, Anambra State.
Pioneer of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu told pressmen that the battle for Biafra "is genuine and can't be halted by any man made by God"
"We in MASSOB don't accept what he said in light of the fact that that does not speak to the position of France. France is a companion of Biafra and notwithstanding amid the Nigeria/Biafra war, they helped us to such an extent."
"In this present fomentation for Biafra, France has sensitivity for us. We encourage our kin to nonchalance what he said. We imagine that the Nigerian media confused what the French emissary said.
Yet, the French agent further called attention to that there is no future for Biafra and encouraged defenders of severance or Biafra to keep on being a piece of Nigeria.
"We are working with Nigeria and we are supporting it as the main nation. This is totally certain and I don't think there is any sort of future for Biafra. They are a piece of Nigeria and Nigeria needs to remain as the main nation," he said.
He unveiled that France is working with the nation in its battle against uprising, saying the battle against Boko Haram has united the two nations, more than some time recently.
The Ambassador clarified how France helped the previous Goodluck Jonathan's legislature to arrange a provincial meeting with neighboring Francophone nations, Chad Cameroon and Republic of Benin, in Paris, in 2014, after which the Multinational Joint Task Force, MJTF was set up to battle Boko Haram.
"Aside from urging neighboring African nations to coordinate with Nigeria, we have additionally built up a solid respective association with the Nigerian Armed strengths.
In May 2015, the Defense Ministers of Nigeria and France marked a first-since forever participation understanding between the two military.
Additionally, Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, as of late cautioned those unsettling for an autonomous state to "overlook it."
The gatherings are Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
In spite of the fact that they have a similar point, they are adversary bunches; and have reliably conflicted with themselves and security specialists.
Talking in Abuja in the wake of getting a honor gave on him by a coalition of more than 80 common society associations (CSOs), Buratai said the armed force would not approve any demonstration that could prompt to the deterioration of the nation.
"Those people and gatherings that are keen on destablising our nation I think they need to hold up till might be the following three or four thousand years for them. That is, might be the up and coming era of officers and men will permit them by any stretch of the imagination," he said.
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