Traders in the southeast have
condemned the protests carried out in
the region for an independent Biafra
state and have publicly and dissociated
themselves from the agitation while
declaring support for President
Muhammadu Buhari.
The traders under the aegis of South
East Markets Amalgamated Traders
Association released a statement in
Awka, Anambra state on Tuesday,
November 24. The Punch reports that
the statement was signed by Okwudili
Ezenwankwo and Temple Udeh who are
the president and secretary of the
association respectively.
The continued detention of Nnamdi
Kanu has escalated the protests in the
region with Pro-Biafra supporters calling
for the release of the radio Biafra
director and the establishment of an
independent state.
The statement read: “We are constrained
to react to the continuous calls for close
of businesses in the zone in protest and
solidarity for Biafra.
“Traders in the South-East wish to
dissociate ourselves from MASSOB and
IPOB. We have nothing to do whatsoever
with these lawless groups.
“The difficulties and hardship, which
traders and residents in general suffer
during these protests, had made the
traders to react to the situation and the
development and make its position very
clear and unambiguous.
“The invasion of markets and other
business outfits and the destruction of
property of individuals like shops and
vehicles in the name of pro-Biafra
protest is not only condemnable but
unacceptable.
“We are yet to understand the wisdom
in the protest where the properties and
other valuables and belongings of the
Igbo are either vandalised or destroyed
by fellow Igbo in the name of Pro-Biafra
protest.
“The hardship, which the Igbo that
relocated from the North-East in the
wake of Boko Haram insurgency are
passing through, is still staring every
right thinking Igbo man in the face, yet
the Pro-Biafra groups are calling other
Igbo doing their businesses in other
parts of Nigeria to relocate to the South-
East. This doesn’t make any sense.
“No particular zone in this country is an
island and none can successfully develop
without inter-relationship with the
others.
.“Times are hard and the traders
condemn, in strong terms, any action, by
any group or individual, that will further
aggravate the already very difficult times
experienced by traders in this area.
“The traders are totally not in support of
any protest that will further adversely
affect the people of the South-East.
“We want to state clearly that traders in
the South East are solidly in support of
the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari.”
The group urged the president to fix the
bad roads in the region and also repair
dilapidated federal structures.
Meanwhile, Comrade Joseph Evah, the
national coordinator of the Ijaw
Monitoring Group, recalled that the Niger
Delta people were against the Igbos
during the civil war but are now ready to
support them in their agitation for an
independent Biafra state.
Source:https://www.naij.com/648026-igbo-traders-dissociates-biafra-declares-support-buhari.html

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The sensible few

Magician1503:
The sensible few

Everyone of them is sensible bro its just that unemployment and hatred towards others, blind them.

They can move to nigeria, if they don't want Biafra. To be a Biafran is not by force!

End time association.