Igbo elders and traditional rulers and under the aegis of Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA) and the Association of the Eze Ndigbo in 19 northern states of the federation have rallied support for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in the bid to combat insecurity, ensure peace and unity in the country.

They condemned the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including their secessionist quest, even as they irrevocably dissociated themselves from what they described as the group’s invidious acts.

This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja.

The communiqué was jointly signed by president-general of the Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), Chief Chi Nwogu; chairman of the Eze Ndigbo in the 19 Northern States and FCT, Eze Pampas Ngozi Wahiwe, and Eze Ndigbo Kano and president of the Eze Ndigbo in Diaspora, Eze Boniface Ibekwe.

The communiqué noted that after examining the current state of the nation critically, the Igbo leaders denounced the on-going killings, banditry, and kidnapping, destruction of government property, robbery and unlawful activities of herdsmen.

They called on the people of the South East to desist from all acts of commission or omission that would endanger the lives of their people in the North or other parts of Nigeria.

“We condemn and dissociate ourselves from the wanton killings and destruction of property in the Eastern Nigeria and urge that no Nigerian should associate us with same”, the communiqué stated.

They charged the Buhari-led government to deploy all the lawful apparatus to secure the unity, security and development of all parts of Nigeria.

The Igbo leaders stated that all Nigerians are free to live and engage in any lawful business, and similarly acquire and develop property in any part of Nigeria, adding that nobody or group of persons have the right to prevent such rights.

They also declared support for the rightful demand of the Igbos for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023, notwithstanding the political party.

The communiqué noted that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide is the apex body and there should be no proliferation in any part of the North.

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]Akwa Cross is part of Niger Delta you dumb dumb. Just focus on Igbo Biafra.
Your write up was making sense until you mentioned Akwa Ibom and Cross River State.
Akwa Ibom is the backbone of the future Niger Delta Republic,our next plan is to build a big wall that will stop the criminals from migrating into our state.[/s]

mrvitalis:
I have never liked the idea of joining south south with igbos in the same country .... anyone who grew up in port Harcourt knows the HATE and average rivers n bayelsa man have for the igbos ....

My idea have always been an igbo nation an all igbo nation of everyone that accept they are igbos the rest can go fVck themselves

Then last build our port in abia via the imo river then lets see the fo.l that would stop the ship from reaching out port first , then they would know the difference between majority n minority

Same south south pushed ojukwu to war turned around n stabbed him in the bad

Let's focus on igbo nation or at worse a one nation two system style with akwa cross where they are completely independent ...we just share currency n army finish

limeta:
op no south south elder or elders can keep us in one Nigeria
So I think Buhari is a fool for paying a so call elder to say what he wants to hear.

He said, “That Igbo is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want to exit, they will have no access to anywhere

“I was encouraged by South-South who assured me of not being part of the secession agenda. Two statements from the south-south. One by the elderly people, they said this time around there would be no (secession).