The apex Igbo socio-cultural
organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Saturday, slammed the Defence Headquarters for
labeling the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
as a terrorist organisation.
The organisation made this stand
after a meeting held at the Nike Lake hotel in Enugu last night.
Ohanaeze insisted that IPOB is
not a terrorist organization going by extant national and international laws,
especially the Terrorist Prevention Act 2011, as amended in 2015.
Reading their communique after
the meeting, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo,
strongly frowned at the military operation in the zone and urged the army to
terminate the exercise without further delay.
The group said it would soon hold
a special summit in support of the restructuring agenda, adding that they
support all the resolutions of the Southern leaders forum.
The group noted that the
continued policy of marginalization of the South East zone was the basic cause
of renewed agitation by pro-Biafra groups. Those who attended the meeting
included, President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, Deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu, Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, Imo State Deputy Governor,
Prince Eze Madumere and Ebonyi State Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe.
Others are former President
General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof Joe Irukwu, former Secretary General of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nworgu, former Minister of Information, Walter
Ofonagoro, former Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Prof Chigozie Ogbu, Senator
Enyinnaya Abaribe, Dr. Greg Ibe and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr.
Chukwuemeka Ezeife.
Slaves of the north
ReplyDeleteOhaneze is useless. So much so that the people turned to IPOB. Political jobbers of old men with no soul. They just pretend to wake up. What where they doing since?
ReplyDeleteThink about the past, reflect on the current, and try to see if there's a path to any future.
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