Igbo Civil Society Coalition,
ICSCO, a group made up of Igbo activists, civil society organizations,
professional bodies, faith based organizations and town unions have accused
Arewa youths of allegedly driving Nigerians into another civil war with their
hate speeches.
The group, therefore, urged the
Federal Government to avert the ugly situation.
They also appealed to the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to withdraw its threat to scuttle the
November 18 governorship election in Anambra State.
These were contained in a
communiqué issued after its general congress in Enugu weekend.
The communiqué jointly signed by
its National Coordinator, Prof Obasi Igwe and Convener Mazi Ikechukwu Bismarck
Oji, read, “The Igbo Civil Society Coalition, a coalition of Igbo activists,
civil society organizations, professional bodies, faith based organizations,
town unions, among others, held its monthly general congress in Enugu and after
due deliberations resolved as follows:
“Constitution Amendment: that
ICSCO is dismayed at the National Assembly’s inability to align itself with the
obvious wishes of Nigerians cutting across partisan, ethno-religious and
socio-economic lines, which is that Nigeria should be restructured so that
there will be devolution of powers from the Federal Government to federating
units.
“Therefore, in the interest of
national stability and socio-economic advancement of the country, ICSCO appeals
to the National Assembly to re-consider its stand on devolution of powers from
the Federal Government to the federating units (regions).
“Unless that is done, Nigeria will never be
able to attain economic advancement or political stability since the feeding
bottle federalism practised in Nigeria today is an aberration and does not make
room for the development of the federating units based on areas of comparative
advantage.
“Arewa Youths Ultimatum to the
Acting President to Arrest Mazi Nnamdi Kanu: ICSCO observes with dismay that
Arewa Youths have refused to withdraw the Quit Notice they issued to Ndigbo
despite interventions of well-meaning Nigerians, even from their region.
“Rather, they have continued to
issue hate speeches, threats and ultimatums. The other time, they asked the
Federal Government to declare IPOB a terrorist organization.
“Last time, they descended
heavily on the Acting President- Prof Yemi Osibanjo, who despite all his
humility and loyalty; they claimed was plotting to unseat his
principal-President Buhari.
“Now, they are giving the same
Acting President an ultimatum to arrest Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader.
“It is obvious that these youths
want to force Nigeria into war at all cost. If not, what is the rationale
behind asking for Kanu’s arrest because he is asking for referendum when they
insist that there will never be restructuring.
“They should realize that IPOB
has the sympathy of a vast majority of Ndigbo as a group, which has stoutly
challenged President Buhari’s policy of Igbo exclusion (no longer
marginalization).
“Anambra Governorship Election:
ICSCO is appealing to the IPOB to re-consider its stand with regards to
boycotting the election. Secondly, we appeal to all parties involved to come
together as Ndigbo in order to build consensus on the issue to engender peace
and unity of purpose in Ala-Igbo (Igbo land).”
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