The Movement for the
Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has told the Federal
Government not to provoke Igbos.
The group frowned at what it
called “purported revocation of the concession of Lagos International Trade
Fair Complex, said to be managed by an Igbo businessman.
The pro-Biafra group made the
call in a statement by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, titled, “Do not
provoke Ndigbo.”
The statement was signed by its
National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson where it noted that,
“while being in support of the fight against corruption, we will not allow Igbo
leaders to be humiliated, using the EFCC as an agent of intimidation and
harassment.”
“We are piqued by the boasting of
the Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, that the Chairman of
Aulic Nigeria Limited, the management concessionaire of the Trade Fair Complex,
Prof. Nick Eze, was arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, over a petition by the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and
Investment.
“MASSOB as a stakeholder and a
factor in the affairs of Ndigbo will continue to defend, uphold and protect the
integrity, honour, good image and interest of Ndigbo in Nigeria and diaspora.
“It appears that the services of
the EFCC was engaged by the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment
which could not stand the superior presentations at the Federal High Court on
the litigation in a civil matter involving a private company and the BPE over
the concession.
“The leadership of MASSOB is
particularly piqued by the boasting of the DG of BPE that Professor Nick Ezeh,
the Chairman of Aulic Nigeria Limited, whose company is the Management
Concessionaire of Trade Fair Complex, was arrested and detained by the EFCC on
the petition by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
“MASSOB, frowns at the several
publications credited to the Bureau for Public Enterprise, BPE, on the
purported revocation of the concession of the Lagos International Trade Fair
Complex, we sees that as clear illegal act of impunity and oppression against
Ndigbo who are major stakeholders in the complex.
“We will not allow Igbo leaders
to be humiliated, using the EFCC as an agent of intimidation and harassment.
While we shall support genuine fight against corruption in the system, we will
resist any attempt to deprive good people their right, mostly the selfless
philanthropists whose goodwill has positively affected the citizens.”
It therefore, advised the Federal
Government to “set up an independent investigation panel over the the illegal
detention of an erudite scholar who honoured the invitation by the EFCC, only
to be illegally detained for over 25 days without any court order.”
“We also call on President
Muhammadu Buhari led government to investigate this high-level corruption and
connivance of the BPE, the old Trade Fair Management Board and the officials of
the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, with a view to
unraveling the reason behind the non implementation of the concession agreement
signed since 2007.”
“This is a case of economic
sabotage that must be tackled squarely to deter further illegal encroachment as
there cannot exist two concessions and dual management for the complex like
that.
“We are following the development
with keen interest. We enjoin the Federal Government to resist all acts of
coercion and follow due process in resolving conflicts associated with the
concession agreement.”
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