UMUAHIA— PROMINENT Igbo leader, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently release leader of Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, and other members of the group currently in detention, saying that their agitation for Biafra did not mean secession.
According to Iwuanyanwu, Biafra is a reality that cannot be wished away just like Oduduwa and Arewa in South-West and North, respectively, saying that nobody would argue that members of Oduduwa and Arewa are trying to secede.
Chief Iwuanyanwu has also called for payment of reparation for the invasion of Igboland by herdsmen.
Iwuanyanwu, who spoke yesterday evening at Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, at the opening ceremony of the 2016 World Igbo Summit, urged the Federal Government to release the detained Biafra agitators, or subject them to proper trial if they have gone against the law of the land and not to detain them perpetually.
Commending the organisers of the summit, holding with the theme Visioning the Igbo Nation in 2016 , Iwuanyanwu, also condemned the attack on Igbo communities by herdsmen and called for protest by Ndigbo to National Assembly on the issue.
He said: “For years, I have been unhappy over Igbo affairs. This summit is a beacon of hope if we seriously work together. It will restore Igbo unity and hope.
“We should at the end have Uturu Declaration,” he said, while advising the organisers on the areas they would look into which include restructuring of the nation and marginalisation, which he said prompted the agitation by the youths.
He added: “Marginalisation of Igbo makes the youths to agitate for Biafra. Biafra is a reality you cannot wish away like
Oduduwa and Arewa.
“Biafra is a reality, but we are not seceding; the agitators have no arms. You can only arrest them if they carry arms; they are peaceful agitators. The Federal Government should release them from prison.” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/iwuanyanwu-calls-release-kanu-others/

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Broadcast it on BBC Hausa if you want it to get to Buhari

" Biafra is a reality, but we are not seceding".

Omenka come help me see this confusion...oo

UMUAHIA- shahararren Igbo shugaban, Cif Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, ya yi kira ga Gwamnatin Tarayya ta gaggawa saki shugaban Independent Mutãnen Biyafara, IPOB, da kuma sauran 'yan kungiyar da ake tsare a halin yanzu a, cewa su agitation for Biyafara ba ya nufin ballewa.
A cewar Iwuanyanwu, Biyafara ne mai gaskiya da ba a iya nufin kawar kamar Oduduwa da Arewa ta Kudu-West da Arewa, bi da bi, ya ce cewa babu wanda zai yi jayayya da 'yan Oduduwa da Arewa suna kokarin balle.
Chief Iwuanyanwu ya kuma yi kira ga biyan reparation da mamayewa na Igboland da makiyayan.
Iwuanyanwu, wanda ya yi magana a jiya da yamma a Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, a bikin bude na 2016 World Igbo taron, ya bukaci Gwamnatin Tarayya ta saki da tsare Biyafara tsẽgumi, ko azabtar da su da ta dace fitina idan sun tafi a kan dokar ƙasar, kuma kada su hana su abada.
Yaba shirya na taron, rike da theme Visioning da Igbo Nation a shekara ta 2016, Iwuanyanwu, kuma Allah wadai da kai hari a kan Igbo al'umma da makiyaya da ake kira ga zanga-zangar da Ndigbo to majalisar a kan batun.
Ya ce: "Domin shekaru, na kasance m kan Igbo al'amura. Wannan taron shi ne shiryuwa bege idan muka tsanani aiki tare. Zai mayar Igbo hadin kai da bege.
"Ya kamata mu a karshen da Uturu jawabi," ya ce, yayin da shawartar shirya a kan yankunan da za su duba cikin suka hada da sake fasalin al'amura na al'umma da marginalization, wanda ya ce ya sa da agitation da matasa.
Ya kara da cewa: "Marginalisation na Igbo da ke sa matasan to dama ga Biyafara. Biyafara ne mai gaskiya ba za ka iya so bãya kamar
Oduduwa da Arewa.
"Biafra ne mai gaskiya, amma mu ba seceding. mãsu tsẽgumi da wani makamai. Za ka iya kawai tsara su, idan sun kawo makãmansu. suna m tsẽgumi. Gwamnatin tarayya ya kamata saki da su daga kurkuku

According to Iwuanyanwu, Biafra is a reality that cannot be wished away just like Oduduwa and Arewa in South-West and North, respectively..

These are the kind of lies these people tell themselves. How is "biafra" equivalent to Oduduwa and Arewa??

Oduduwa and Arewa are sociocultural groups of Westerners and Northerners respectively and their equivalent in the South East is Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Does Iwanyawu, as old and as learned as he is, need anyone to tell him that??

iPod/biafra are secessionst/terrorist organisations and have no similarities whatsoever with the aforementioned groups.

Aufbauh:
" Biafra is a reality, but we are not seceding".

Omenka come help me see this confusion...oo

Na craze dey do dem.