Igbo leaders at the event IPOB disrupted
Enugu — The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has banned further discussions on Nigerian unity anywhere in the South-East.
IPOB made this known in its letter of apology to Igbo leaders for disrupting the General Assembly of the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, at the Universal Hotel in Enugu last Tuesday. One of the leaders, Professor Elochukwu Amucheazi had his red cap, eyeglasses and his mobile phone taken away, although they were later returned to him.
The meeting was convened to address the “Unresolved National Question,” as well as honour some leaders of the old Eastern Region for their contributions towards the development of the area.
Two of the leaders, Chairman of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof. Ben Nwabueze and Chief Mbazulike Amechi were honoured while those who were honoured posthumously included Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Sam Mbakwe, Chief (Mrs.) Margaret Ekpo and Philip Efiong. Popularly known as the Boy is Good , Amechi was a former member of the Zikist Movement and nationalist, who fought for the country’s independence along with the first President of Nigeria and Owelle of Onitsha, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Eyo Ita, the
Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, Chief Okotie Ebo, Chief Dennis Osadebey and Anthony Enahoro among others.
Among those who also attended the occasion were the Deputy Leader of the ECA, Chief (Mrs.) Maria Okwor, Dr. Azikiwe’s widow, Prof. (Mrs) Uche Azikiwe, former National Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nduka Eya (Egbevumbe); former Director- General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Prof. Amucheazi, Prof. Obasi Igwe, Prince Emeka Onyesoh, and the founder of Igbo Youth Movement and Secretary of ECA, Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko.
Others were Comrade Emma Zopmal, National Youth Leader of the Middle Belt Youth Forum; Mr. Aniekan Akamkpan and Douglas Warmate, both leaders from Akwa Ibom State and the Calabari Kingdom respectively.
“Had Nnamdi Azikiwe been blessed with the same parochial mind-set as Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Obafemi Awolowo, then Nigeria would have evolved differently from this blood- sucking, corrupt and evil monstrosity that is now the laughing stock of the world.
“We respect our honest elders like Prof. Nwabueze and Chief Amechi and will continue to do so. What happened was a protest against the one Nigeria project; not them. Nobody in tune with his or her senses will endorse the form of apartheid being visited on Biafrans by the current regime of Muhammadu Buhari.
“What ordinary Biafrans are witnessing in Nigeria today is worse than what blacks experienced in South Africa that gave birth to the anti-apartheid movement the world over. We would like the world to view the outburst at Enugu as sign of what is to come in the near future. Our people and a majority of other people that wish to be referred to as Nigerians are all tired of the one Nigeria experiment and wish to go their separate ways.
“IPOB, it must be said, has made it very clear; we are not interested in a restructured Nigeria, all we want and prepared to settle for is outright independence, which can only be ascertained via a referendum.
“Anybody talking about restructuring is risking the anger of the people…Groups like Ohaneze Ndigbo which is favoured by Abuja were the same people, alongside the South-East governors, who invited the murderous Nigerian Army under the guise of Operation Python Dance II to kill and slaughter innocent men, women and children for daring to demand to be free from Nigeria.
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