They urged Nigeria to forget the 2023 election in the region “if our leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is still in DSS custody.”

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the South-East.

This is as Kanu in a Friday statement by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged his followers to be ‘circumspect’ because ‘the enemies were relentlessly exploiting vulnerable means to blackmail IPOB.’

Ohanaeze’s spokesperson, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an interview with our correspondent, also stated that some elders in the South-East led by the leader of Ohanaeze, Prof George Obiozor, were engaging with the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to seek Kanu’s release.

He also begged IPOB members not to ruin the chances of the South-East in the pursuit of what he described as legitimate rights.

Some members of IPOB protested in Aba, Abia State, over the non-release Kanu by the Federal Government recently.

The protesters vowed not to allow the 2023 election to be held in the South-East if Kanu was not released and Biafra granted.

They urged Nigeria to forget the 2023 election in the region “if our leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is still in DSS custody.”

Ogbonnia, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday advised the secessionists not to build for themselves a ‘Frankenstein’ that may o consume them.

According to him, the political climate is in the favour of the South-East with the coming of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and it would be disastrous for any of them to ruin the system that the elders had struggled to build.

“Our position on this matter has been constant on the matter. Nothing is ever solved with violence. In the first place, the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador George Obiozor, has already teamed up with other Igbo elders to engage the president and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, (Major General) Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to seek Nnamdi Kanu’s release.

“That engagement is in process and we are confident of that. We want to believe that the President will understand the viewpoints of the Igbo elders and do the needful. I want to also believe that this effort will be successful.

“We have often advised our young boys that they have every reason to agitate. They have sufficient reason to do so. However, they should listen to us as elders, especially when the political climate is favourable to the South-East. We cannot at this time create a Frankenstein – a monster that will destroy us. We don’t want to play into the enemy’s territory. We advise our youths to take it easy. We are doing a lot of work to see how we can overcome some of these challenges.’’

realestate99:

United Nations need to give our blodas a vaccine against grand delusion, the funny thing is when you check well, an adult with fully formed chest hair is the one making this type of funny statement.

Racoon:
Which Plateau? Except it is not the same where people have countlessly lost loved ones to the marauding and killer herdsmen that Tinubu APC supported over the past 7 years. This old Prof.have no sense left in her.

Skty:


No, we won't weep! U will instead! Ur fave did drugs. The record is out there. Did u read the document? They have documents and proof of his drug deals. It was not even him alone that was named in this very long full document, his wife alatika remi Tinubu was mentioned several times in the comprehensive document of many pages. 15 pages. Go take a look

agadez007:
Oya Nairaland APC mods

Come and do like you always do,push this one too to frontpage as usual

JealousCobra:



Why did you choose to curse, why your moniker is saying a different thing¿!

DadaHammed:


Thank God President Peter Obi has give you a job and removed you from the Labour market there in the USA. That's how great he will be when sworn in as President.

Many urchins will be gainfully employed and must stop their agbero work.

Izuubest:
This tattered-brush-beard man is a disgrace to his entire generations. A gigolo of the highest order. Obi will disgrace all of you at the poll

The only ‘pain’ I have is that my market will end in 3 months when he is defeated!

Since Obi became Labour Party’s candidate I have added 700k Twitter followers and earned thousands of dollars on YouTube just by using his name to catch cruise. The only ‘pain’ I have is that my market will end in 3 months when he is defeated!

#TableShaker

Cyntie55:


You guys should learn to separate personal issues from tribe. It can be any tribe.

mbahdi:
Brain dead boy son of a bastard dwarf father.u and ur father will be disgraced come 2023

kenechukwuj:


Peter Obi is the most qualified among the aspirants