The Igbo Conscience (TIC) has asked the federal government
to declare a state of emergency in the south-east.
In a statement, the group lamented the killing of Chike
Akunyili, saying Igbo citizens are being killed in their numbers while
businesses are being destroyed.
The group alleged that despite asking the Igbo to speak
against the menace, most of them have continued to shy away from condemning
“this self-destructive dastardly act”.
The group also accused religious leaders of being “active
participants in the atrocity that has overwhelmed Igboland” instead of being
agents of peace.
“This is just a tip of what is happening in the five South
Eastern States presently and it has been a recurrent picture since the outlawed
Indigenous People of Biafra launched an armed warfare against the region,” the
group said.
“Today, the South East is under a murderous and detractive
siege launched by its people in the name of actualising Biafra.
“TIC notes that when this inclination to murder started in
Igboland, many Igbos lent their support, covertly and overtly, to this evil. We
note that when the government moved in to stop this evil, these Igbos started a
negative campaign against the federal government effort, terming it as genocide
against Igbos.
“TIC notes also that given their complicity and active
support in grooming the deadly monster ravaging Igboland today, most of the
governors in the South East have waxed impotent in rising to the challenge of
dealing with this deadly monster.
“There seems to be no remedy in sight as the people have
surrendered to the beastialiity of murderous gunmen that have taken over
Igboland today, killing as they desire and unleashing mayhem, fear and
destruction all over Igboland.
“Given these concerns, therefore, we demand the following;
That the Federal Government consider the option of declaring a state of
emergency in the South East or at least some states of the South East to arrest
this dangerous state of anarchy.
“That the Federal Government draft more security forces and
agencies to the South East to save the people from themselves.
“That the Federal Government identify, arrest, prosecute any
person, group, interest and organisation found to actively procure, support and
facilitate the state of anarchy presently riddling the South East.”
The group expressed hope that the federal government will
attend to its demands before the region goes into extinction.
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