Igbo quit notice: IPOB faults Southeast leaders over talks with Northerners

Jude Ossai -Enugu Maka Nd'Igbo

THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted the meeting of Southeast leaders with Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, over the impasse from the quit notice issued by the Arewa Youths Congress (AYC) to Igbo living in the North.

 

The National Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said, “With one or two exceptions and with the greatest respect to the attendees of the sponsored gathering in Abuja, the so-called Southeast delegation was, in no way, representative of the views of the leadership of IPOB worldwide, neither can they claim with any degree of sincerity to be speaking for the masses.

According to the IPOB spokesman, “All Professor Osinbajo has succeeded in achieving with this meeting is to waste scarce resources that could have been channelled towards more useful purposes. None of those that attended this meeting with Osinbajo gave the order for people to sit at home on May 30th. So, we are at a loss to understand the justification for their invitation to the meeting to discuss something they know nothing about.

“IPOB viewed the meeting with certain Igbo politicians, who are sympathetic to APC as an insult to the sensibilities of Biafrans all over the world, especially the memory of the dead and injured. Our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has made it abundantly clear that any discussion or dialogue with Nigerian government that doesn’t include an agreement on a referendum date to determine the issue of Biafra once and for all time, is an exercise in futility.
“In this regard, we wish to inform the government of Nigeria that the gathering and deliberations they thought they had recently was a complete waste of time and will continue to be until the Federal Government does the needful. We note and respect the presence of Chief Nnia Nwodo, the Ohanaeze leader and two others at that very meeting, however the rest are nothing to write home about. We do not think that presiding over the distribution of monthly allocation from Abuja qualifies any political office holder to discuss issues pertaining to IPOB and Biafra restoration when the leadership can be directly contacted.

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