The fear of Radio Biafra: Arewa Consultative Forum begs Biafran elders to appeal to Biafran youths. “We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency into another.”

The fear of Radio Biafra: Arewa Consultative Forum begs Biafran elders to appeal to Biafran youths. “We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency into another.”

The pan-northern socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has begged Biafran leaders to appeal to Biafran youths agitating for secession for calm. Speaking at a news conference in Kaduna on Tuesday, the panic-stricken  chairman of ACF, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomasie, claimed that the issue that led to the nation’s 30-month Biafra-Nigeria War was settled since 1970.

 “The agitators for this unholy division are in their safe abode outside Nigeria and the most painful aspect of this agitation by the young Ndigbo elements is the silence from the elders who experienced the bitter pill of the succession attempt, the 30-month Civil War and who knew the consequences of such a futile agitation," Coomassie said.

“As you will recall, the issue of Biafra was settled in 1970 after the war. It is therefore sad and unfortunate that 45 years after, when Nigerians are now united in a democratic system of governance, that some elements are now busy drumming up support for another war and secession through ‘Radio Biafra’ and MASSOB activities.

Panic-stricken Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie is
begging Biafrans to stop agitation for independence 

Coomasie hinted at what he believed was a tacit support of restoration of Biafra Republic by the elders.

“Only just over a week ago, an elder statesman from the South-East celebrated his birthday in Abuja with the launching of his two books. A good number of leaders from the South-East attended the event and as the activities progressed, it was nothing but Biafra with inciting and provocative speeches by one speaker after another.”

“ACF expects Ndigbo leaders to come out openly and condemn such agitations in the present day Nigeria, just as it and others condemned and berated the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East.

“We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency into another.”

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