The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, has attacked the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo for making Lagos State the
venue of Thursday’s crucial meeting to discuss restructuring of Nigeria.
The group also said majority of
Igbo people were firmly behind the quest for restoration of Biafra independence
and not restructuring.
The IPOB noted that neither the
Afenifere nor the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, can hold any serious meeting
in Igboland.
While describing the event as a
desperate attempt by the President of Ohanaeze, Chief Nnia Nwodo, to “relaunch
his tattered image as Igbo leader,” the pro-Biafra group wondered why such
event should be held outside Igboland.
The IPOB statement signed by its
Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, called on all Biafrans,
especially those of Igbo extraction, to boycott the Lagos meeting, describing
it as “Aso Rock sponsored gathering in Lagos.”
The statement added, “Arewa
Consultative Forum consigns all their activities in Northern Nigeria, Afenifere
always conduct their activities in Yorubaland, why must Ohanaeze Ndigbo move
their activities outside Igboland to Lagos? It shows they are not proud of
their land or people.
“The sole purpose of the
gathering in Lagos is to create the impression that Nwodo is still in charge,
despite the obvious death of the restructuring debate in the absence of the
momentum provided by IPOB. Lagos is not and can never be the home of Igbo people,
no matter how many millennia they may have lived there.
“Having lost credibility all over
Igboland for his serial betrayal, Chief Nwodo has run to Lagos, the practice
pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos, today, December 14, 2017, to
relaunch his tattered image as Igbo leader. If he is, indeed, the leader of
Igbo, what is he doing, convening a crucial meeting about Ndigbo in Lagos?
Lagos is Yorubaland, not Igboland.
“Afenifere never organised any
serious gathering outside Yorubaland, so why must Chief Nwodo run to Yoruba
territory to conduct his restructuring debate. Is it because Igbo people are
firmly behind IPOB quest for total Biafra independence not his restructuring
agenda? Or is it because he knows nobody will attend his gathering of traitors
anywhere on Igbo soil.
“We are urging all Biafrans,
especially those of Igbo extraction, to boycott this sponsored gathering in
Lagos.
“We are aware that a lot of money
has been spent to mobilise dance troops from Anambra and Enugu States to charter
buses with the promise of N350,000 pledge for any group that performs for Nwodo
at Surulere today.”
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