Injustice and neglect giving rise to Biafra agitation – Njiko Igbo

Injustice and neglect giving rise to Biafra agitation – Njiko Igbo

The Njiko Igbo Forum, a pan-Igbo socio-political association, on Wednesday, blamed injustice for the renewed agitation for the creation of the Republic of Biafra as well as the emergence of the  Radio Biafra.

The president of the group, Okechukwu Obioha, who spoke in Enugu, said the country’s leaders should “let the sleeping dog lie” by refraining from statements and actions that fuel agitations for the Republic of Biafra.

Njiko Igbo was replying the Arewa Consultative Forum which, on Tuesday, begged Igbo leaders not to support the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) calling for the restoration of the Biafra Republic.

The pan-northern socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), had 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.

“We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency to another,” Coomasie had said.

However, reacting to the ACF’s call on Igbo leaders to speak out against IPOB and other Biafra groups, Obioha said the recent upsurge in the agitation for Biafra was as a result of the injustice against the Igbo.

He said the activities of groups like the ACF have contributed to the renewed wish for the restoration of the Republic of Biafra.

Obioha stressed that the issue of Biafra was not properly buried after the war, as claimed by the ACF.

Obioha said, “Inasmuch as we don’t like the abusive words that are being used by Nnamdi Kanu on Radio Biafra, even against fellow Igbos, the Njiko Igbo Forum wants to tell the ACF that is asking Igbo leaders to speak against IPOB to know that they are also part of the reasons the agitation for Biafra is rearing its head again.”

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