Following the recent face-off
between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Nigerian
military in Abia State, the South East Renewal Group (SERG) has blamed Nnamdi
Kanu as the root cause of the bloody clash.
Recall that loyalists of
Nnamdi Kanu and soldiers clashed in Umuahia near the residence of the IPOB
leader.
The development forced the state
government to declare three days of curfew across the state.
Reacting, SERG called on Igbo
leaders to do the needful to avoid an impending war.
Speaking at a press conference
Wednesday morning, Charles Mbani, National President of the group lamented that
from his discovery, the IPOB youths have been brainwashed into seeing the army
as the enemy.
According to Mbani, “You must
have, like other Nigerians, watched recent events in Igboland with a sense of
foreboding, concern and utmost dread. Images emerging from the southeast, our
homeland, are as troubling as they are worrisome with the most recent being
those of youths attacking military detachment with all manners of crude weapons
including catapults, cudgels, machetes, sticks and others.
“These youths are being put up to
this mischief after being brainwashed by the so called Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, which is now militarizing them as its fighting force. These
misguided youths have been deceived into thinking they are making the right
sacrifice of protecting Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader whereas the only thing
they sacrificing is their lives that they are throwing away on the alter of
ignorance.
“The soldiers attacked by these
uncouth elements are the ones taking part in Egwu Eke II (Operation Python
Dance II), which we find most ridiculous considering that the same operation
last year ensured that kidnappers and armed robbers that were desecrating our
land were curtailed to a point where Igbos enjoyed peaceful 2016 Yuletide. We
are therefore wondering if there is a nexus between IPOB and the crimes being
eradicated by the military for its youths to become virulent on the scale being
witnessed.”
Speaking further, the SERG leader
condemned the confrontation with the military in the strongest terms.
He added, “We urge other well
meaning elders of our land to join in condemning the incidents. The unnecessary
attempt to provoke the military into using stick to address the Biafra issue
would be catastrophic and those who love the region should do so well to warn
their children from setting region ablaze.
“May we emphasise that Igbo
leaders of thought must tarry no further in doing the needful before it’s too
late. The conspiracy of silence on the part of these leaders is what has made
Nnamdi Kanu fill the resulting vacuum as a demagogic evil that is leading out
youth population astray. This disposition of indifference was displayed as the
hate speech championed by Kanu gained momentum until it got to a point where
other ethnic groups in Nigeria basically developed a morbid collective disdain
for the Igbo.
“The hate speech has now
crystallized and is the bedrock of the aggression being exhibited against the
military. It nothing urgent is done the next phase in this ugly evolution could
threaten our existence as a people.
“We have interrogated the
situation and discovered that the IPOB youths have been brainwashed into seeing
the army as the enemy, which is most unfortunate since the person whom they
think they are defending is their real enemy. Nnamdi Kanu holds dual
citizenship and will escape to the United Kingdom once he has the opportunity
to flee across the border. He is going to leave behind broken bodies and
damaged youths that would have destroyed their lives in pursuit of what is
meaningless relative to contemporary world reality.”
The group further noted that some
of those sponsoring the growing violence in south eastern Nigeria are those who
lost money and political relevance having edged their bets in favour of former
President Goodluck Jonathan being re-elected.
“Interestingly, Jonathan has
moved up but these loser remained locked in the past and think their only
access to redemption is to send our youths on suicide mission. We counsel such
persons to desist forthwith for the Igbo nation is larger than the mess of
pottage that they are bitter over.
“We have also noted the role of
shameless politicians in Igboland that see the madness being advocated by
Nnamdi Kanu as something to be milked for political capital. We have in the
recent days seen such politicians rushing to tacitly endorse violence as the
answer when other ethnic nationalities are pushing for restructuring. If
violence is activated as being advocated the forget that our land would burn
while other parts of the country continue with their life,” Mbani added.
Meanwhile, the Biafra
National Guard (BNG) has declared war against the Nigerian Army.
It said the launch of Operation
Python Dance II to be carried out in the South-east was targeted at Nnamdi Kanu
and other agitators.
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Every right thinking human should know that the happenings in the east is avoidable one until it escalate to full blown war pls KANU should knw that when the drum war starts its own people that will b perished the elders of the east should make sure that they cut the activities of this traitor call KANU else they bear d brunt of it a piece of advice to the ndiogb
ReplyDeleteEvery right thinking human should know that the happenings in the east is avoidable one until it escalate to full blown war pls KANU should knw that when the drum war starts its own people that will b perished the elders of the east should make sure that they cut the activities of this traitor call KANU else they bear d brunt of it a piece of advice to the ndiogb
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