Angry reactions have continued to
trail yesterday’s arrest of the Chief Executive, Innoson Group, Chief Innocent
Chukwuma by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Maduka, popularly known as
Innoson, was whisked away by operatives of the anti-corruption commission from
his Enugu residence on Tuesday.
In a statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, he described the arrest as an attack on Ndigbo.
The Ohanaeze Youth Council also
toed same line in a statement signed by Comrade Obinna Achionye, its
National Vice president and the
national secretary, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike.
The youths said, “We are
concerned over the commando-like manner, with which the EFCC clamped down on
the Patron of Igbo Youths worldwide without proper invitation; the arrest may
cause another catastrophe in this festive season.
“This is the highest level of
impunity against Igbo nation and another attempt to cripple economic fortunes
of Ndigbo and the Igbo.
“There will be massive protests
by Igbo youths and other ethnic nationalities youth groups in Enugu, Abuja and
Lagos before the 31st December 2017 if the EFCC fails to release him
unconditionally. The EFCC should be ready to arrest millions of igbo youths
during the protest.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth
Council Worldwide calls on President Buhari to call Magu to order before it is
too late; we e demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Chief
Innocent Chukwuma, chairman Innoson Group of Companies; enough is enough.”
On its part, the IPOB said it
condemns “in the strongest possible terms the recent and ongoing harassment of
notable Biafran business men, especially those of Igbo extraction by the
Nigerian Government and her security agencies.
“Not content with the economic
emasculation of the Biafran territories through decades of punitive policies,
the few successful businesses that made it against all odds like Chief Innocent
Chukwuma the owner of Innoson Motors who is now being harassed and humiliated
publicly by agencies headed by Northerners for three major reasons.
“This include ongoing policy of
de-industrialisation of the East. Had Innoson sited his factory in Lagos or
Kaduna, every possible line of credit would have been extended to him but due
to the fact his company is located in Enugu, he must be chased down and
destroyed. This hopefully is to serve as a deterrent to others who might be
entertaining the idea of relocating their businesses to Biafraland.
“Politics of appeasement and
sabotage of collective interest by Ohaneze Ndigbo, PANDEF and similar interest
groups. Age long South East/South South political philosophy of cowardly
acquiescence to the dictates of the North, regardless of the consequences on
the psyche and well being of the masses, is a major motivator for government
agencies, headed by Northerners, to destroy indigenous Biafran businessmen at
will.
“Nigeria is guided by the
knowledge that politicians from the two geo-political zones that make up Biafra
are terrified of the mythical might of their Northern masters and will be
prepared to condone every manner of evil against their own people.
“Ohaneze Ndigbo and South East
governors are to blame for this major embarrassment and humiliation of the
topmost entrepreneur in black Africa. What Innoson Motors has accomplished so
far, no Indigenous business in Sub-Saharan Africa has been able to do.
“If Innoson Motors were owned by
a Northern Hausa Fulani man, he would have been revered and idolised to high
heavens. But because it is a business owned and run by a Biafran and equally
sited in Biafraland, it must be destroyed.
“Since the emergence of this
Buhari regime, Biafrans of Igbo extraction have been lurching from one
persecution another. After Operation Python Dance which had the backing of
Ohaneze Ndigbo leadership and South East governors, the Buhari regime has
turned its attention to the destruction of economic interests in the South East
starting with Innoson Motors, in the hope of frustrating the first indigenous
automobile company in West Africa because he opened his factory in Igboland.
“The effect of this ongoing
persecution of Innoson Motors Company is as a direct result of the impotency of
Igbo leadership exemplified by Nwodo’s stewardship of Ohaneze Ndigbo.
“Today, the effects of the age
long sabotage of public interest by the likes of Ohaneze Ndigbo and imposed
political leadership have started manifesting negatively on our people. Arewa
Consultative Forum, Northern Governors’ Forum and Arewa Caucuses in the
National Assembly will never allow Dangote to be humiliated the same way
Ohaneze, South East governors and Abuja based politicians allowed Chief
Chukwuma to be so publicly insulted.
“We are warning those involved in
the orchestrated campaign to frustrate Innoson Motors to desist from their evil
act before it is too late.”
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