A youth group has threatened to
shut down Umuahia, Abia state capital city, if the father to the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is deposed.
The youths also warned the Abia
state governor Okezie Ikpeazu against any move by the state government to depose
Eze Israel Kanu as the traditional ruler of Isiama Afara Ukwu Ibeku in Umuahia.
The youths under the aegis of
Ibeku Youth Assembly (IYA) alleged that the call by the another youth group,
Umuahia Youth Movement, for the depose of Kanu's father is politically
sponsored.
IYA in a statement signed by its
secretary, Ihechi Zik, said the IYA would not tolerate plans by some
unscrupulous elements to depose the highly respected monarch in Abia state and
the country as a whole.
Zik said: "We are calling on
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu not to heed to the call by the faceless group that Eze
Kanu should be deposed over the Biafra agitation by his son, Nnamdi Kanu.
Because to our knowledge, Eze Kanu has not done anything wrong."
The IYA noting that the IPOB
leader was exercising his fundamental human right by agitating for Biafra said
his father has also done nothing wrong against the people to warrant the sack
as a traditional ruler.
The group also said it will
resist any attempt to depose Eze Israel from the throne.
"Any attempt by the state
government to remove Eze Kanu will spell doom for the state and we will ensure
the state is shut down if such plan is carried out," Zik said.
"We are also condemning the
alleged invasion of the residence of Eze Kanu by soldiers in search of his son,
Nnamdi Kani. We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw soldiers,
nicknamed "operation Python Dance 11" from the street of Umuahia
following cases of killings by Nigeria Army.
"We are living in fears due
to the heavy presence of soldiers. Umuahia is not a war zone. People are being
killed like animals in Umuahia. It is condemnable the wanton killing of IPOB
members, who are only exercising their right.
"We are calling on the
federal government of Nigeria to toe the path of dialogue rather than
unleashing on slaughter against innocent members of IPOB who have never carried
arms against government," the IYA said.
Now you see that the last group was a paid group of hastily arranged starving miscreants.
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