President-General of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia, has vowed not to allow the Indigenous People of Biafra
use Igbo youths to cause trouble.
Nwodo said he will sabotage any
attempt to cause war in Igboland in the name of agitation for Biafra.
He made the vow while addressing
Ndigbo in Lagos at the practice pitch of the National Stadium during the
discussion on restructuring.
He recalled how more than two
million Igbo lost their lives and how many dreams were aborted during the civil
war.
Chief Nwodo said Southern
leaders, southern governors and senators, and the Middle belt have agreed on
the need to restructure Nigeria. He said the rejoinder of Northern senators to
the Southern senators’ call on President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the
country was watery.
Nwodo said he is not against the
agitation for Biafra’s self determination because the Igbo are truly marginalised
and oppressed in Nigeria.
However, he said is opposed to
the methodology of the agitators because it cannot work in Nigeria as currently
constituted.
The only way out, he argued, is
restructuring and enthronement of fiscal federalism which will allow the states
to control their resources, handle issues like police, education, health,
mineral resources, etc while the Federal Government handle functions like
immigration, customs, central banking, aviation and external affairs.
Nwodo declared his opposition to
another war in Igboland when pro-Biafran youths wielding placards stormed the
venue while he was addressing the crowd.
Pleading with the security not to
deal with the protesters, Nwodo said: “Nobody should touch these youths. They
are my children. When I was their age, I was in the trench fighting for Biafra.
My best friend died at the battle front.
“More than one million people
were killed in the battle, one and half million people starved to death…you
can’t be a youth then without going to the battle front.
“I can’t allow that to happen to
my people again. That is why I will be a saboteur in any attempt to levy
another war on Igboland. That is why Ohanaeze wants restructuring of Nigeria.”
“Northern senators issued a rejoinder
to our position on restructuring, that we are heating the polity but they did
not address the points we raised.”
Notable Igbo leaders at the
gathering include: Chief Guy Ikokwu, Agunze Chibueze Ikokwu, Chief Sylvan
Ebigwei, Eze Hycinth Ohazulike, Chief Eric Ebe, Prince Emeka Ogbu and Chief
Fabian Duru.
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