Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has warned the
Nigerian Army against recruiting Igbo youths to fight Boko Haram in the
Northeast.
This was contained in a statement signed by
OYC President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General, Okwu
Nnabuike.
The group was reacting to a recent recruitment exercise
pronounced by the army’s Director of Recruitment Resettlement and Reserves,
Brig-Gen Emmanuel Akpan.
It was reported that the Chief of Army Staff,
Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, through Brig. Gen. Akpan, on Wednesday, said
the army will embark on the recruitment of Nigerian youths to enable it fight
insurgency in the Northeast.
OYC said that if the Army was only recruiting Nigerian
youths for the purpose of fighting the Boko Haram insurgents, such recruitment
should be reserved only for Northern youths as Igbo youths were not comfortable
with such.
The Igbo youth organization said it is suspicious of such
“obnoxious recruitment” in the South East, rather than in the North – the
epicenter of the insurgency or South West.
According to OYC, “such recruitment is a death verdict for
any intending youth waiting to be recruited solely to fight insurgents in
Northeast insurgents, insisting that Operations Shege Ka Fassa, the Civilian
JTF, the repented Boko Haram insurgents, Meyatti Allah and Arewa youths should
be instead, recruited massively to fight the insurgents.”
The apex Igbo organization advised Igbo youths to be engaged
in community policing or regional arrangements, adding that “there are various
recruitment exercises going on in various states in the South East regards to engaging
youths to tackle insecurity challenges in the South East.”
OYC warned Igbo youths not to ignorantly or under pressure,
sacrifice their lives for the North East, adding that “Igbo youths will never
be used as sacrificial lambs for the North East as Nigeria is descending into
regional security directions.”
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