Ohanaeze summit: IPOB berates pro-Igbo group

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has berated Ohaneze Ndigbo over its recently concluded Awka summit in which the apex Igbo organization called for the restructuring of the country among others, saying that issues surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s disappearance is more important than the summit.

In a release by Ikechukwu Nnaji which was made available to InfoNet 9ja, the pro Biafra group taunted the apex Igbo group for calling for the restructuring of the country thereby having the interest of Nigeria at heart instead of concerning itself with the disappearance of one of her illustrious sons, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since last year.

IPOB said by their action, leaders of Ohaneze have joined the Nigerian government in labeling one of their promising and innocent young men a terrorist.

According to the group, “It is shameful that the so called leaders of Ohaneze will gather people in Awka, Anambra to talk about restructuring of Nigeria which has not bearing with the peoples clamour for Biafra; instead of talking about the disappearance and whereabouts of one of their illustrious sons, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

IPOB reminded Ohaneze that it could not have had the platform to talk about restructuring if not for the bold steps Kanu took to demand for Biafra to due the chronic marginalisation of the South east in Nigeria.

The group noted that it was unfortunate that instead of aligning with Kanu to actualise Biafra, the leadership of Ohaneze in collaboration with South east governors betrayed him by aiding the Hausa/Fulani to declare IPOB a terrorist organization.

“That the Nigerian government ever spoke of restructuring that has emboldened Ohaneze was as a result of Nnamdi Kanu’s actions. But the so-called Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo feeling it will be wrong for Kanu to take the credit of the emancipation of the Igbo race betrayed him.”

Condemning the Ohaneze president particularly IPOB said, “Nnia Nwodo came out to say that Nnamdi Kanu’s approach to the issues of Biafra was too rash and childish, and would achieve no results. But now, he has been going about making speeches to people that call themselves Fulani who hardly understands his grammar and at the end he ends up not communicating.”

The group said it was only Kanu who understood that the current Nigerian Structure would never guarantee Igbos their due entitlements in the Nigerian polity and without the entire race giving him support, geopolitical zone would continue to be subservient to others.