The apex Igbo socio–cultural
organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the on Friday disowned the Director of
Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and his cohorts in their struggle for Biafra
agitation.
Addressing reporters in
Awka, the Chairman, Forum of State Presidents of Ohanaeze in the seven
Igbo –speaking states, Dr. Chris Eluomunoh, said no right thinking
person would support what he called the madness of the group .
He
said: “You will notice that Ohanaeze has been very silent on the issue
of Biafra insurgency, though the youth wing of Ohanaeze has been
speaking on it. Ohanaeze, as the Igbo cultural group, cannot support
Biafra and we dissociate ourselves from it totally.
“Igbo
people have contributed much to the development of Nigeria and we
cannot allow some people to jeopardise the lives and efforts of millions
of Igbo residing in all parts of Nigeria.
“We
believe that anybody who has any issue to settle with the Federal
Government should use dialogue and that is why we participated in the
last National Conference. No sane Igbo person would want to witness a
repeat of the kind of thing that happened during the Civil War.
“(Chief
Odumegwu) Ojukwu, who led the Biafra war, returned to Nigeria from
exile and contested elections in Nigeria, which showed that he was fully
integrated into Nigeria and was a full-fledged Nigerian before he
died.”
Eluemunor denied the
speculation that politicians of Igbo extraction were supporting the
Biafran agitation, adding that their support came mainly from outside
the country.
He, however, said that
part of the reasons for the agitation was the dearth of infrastructure
in Igbo land and pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to address the
infrastructural decay in the area.
He
called on Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the infrastructure
problem in the South East by rehabilitating the federal roads that have
become death traps due to neglect.
He said doing so would help to correct the imbalances and marginalisation being suffered by the people of the area.
He
said, “We know the marginalisation was not caused by him, but we plead
that he should look into the problems being complained about by the
people of South East and South–South. He has won the election and we in
Ohanaeze support him and will work with him for the unity of the
country.”
SOURCE: PUNCH
Title : Ohanaeze Ndigbo Disowns Nnamdi Kanu, Call Biafra Group The Madness Group
Description : The apex Igbo socio–cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the on Friday disowned the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and his co...
Description : The apex Igbo socio–cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the on Friday disowned the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and his co...
