Biafra Nations Youth League,
BNYL, has declared Emeka jnr and Bianca, son and widow of Dim Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu-Ojukwu, respectively, as “betrayers”
This is contained in a statement
on Thursday by BNYL leader, Princewill Obuka.
Reacting to the defection of
Emeka Ojukwu to the APC, Obuka stated that,”there is no sense in panicking”.
“Politics and independence
movement are political activities but in two different categories, it doesn’t
affect the struggle. Emeka jnr does not command respect among Igbos, neither do
we look up to him.
”Ojukwu had many children; in
all there must be bad egg for sure.
“But I think Debe Ojukwu the
eldest among Ojukwu’s children has exhibited more maturity in identifying with
the Biafran cause being on the legal side of the struggle as the lead counsel
of Bilie Human Rights Initiative, and member of the Ikedife led IPOB Council of
Elders.
”Even though he has his own
political affiliation, we see him as someone who still respect what his father
fought and lived for before he died”.
Continuing, the BNYL leader said
the wife of Ojukwu, Bianca, also betrayed her husband immediately after his
death by accepting appointment from Nigerian government as ambassador to Spain.
“In Igbo culture, when your
husband dies, the respect you owe him is ‘Igba Mkpe’ (mourning mood) for couple
of months, in that period you will avoid certain things, but she hurriedly
accepted Jonathan’s appointment”.
Obuka, however, urged pro
Biafra agitators to emulate the late literary icon, Chinua Achebe, who
rejected appointment and awards from Nigerian government.
He said even in death, Achebe deserves commendation for
“documenting his grievances in a novel titled ,’There was a country”.
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