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QUIT NOTICE: Ohanaeze bombs security forces
news2.onlinenigeria.com Jun 25, 2017 2:34 AM
…IPOB: No referendum, no elections

By Emeka Mamah, South East Regional Editor, & Chimaobi Nwaiwu

Enugu —Even as the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, continues his consultations in the wake of secessionist and separatist agitations in the country, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed concern over the inability of the security agencies to arrest any of the northern youths who threatened Ndigbo living in the north with quit notice some weeks ago.


Igbo Chiefs
The non-compliance by the security agencies is in spite of the directive from both Acting President Osinbajo and the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nsair El-Rufai.

It said that the action of the security agencies, which were firmly in the hands of northern officers, amounted to double standards which could lead to the second pogrom against Igbo in the north.

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, made this known while inaugurating the Planning and Strategic Committee of the pan-Igbo group, led by the former Governor of the Central Bank, CBN, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, in Enugu, yesterday.

Meanwhile, members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, said they have resolved totally and without equivocation never to participate in further elections in Biafraland in Nigeria, starting from November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State, and the general election coming up in 2019.

The only pre-condition for participation, the body insisted, would be a referendum on the future of Biafra.

Security agencies’ double standard

Nwodo said that the threat by the northern youths, with obvious backing from some northern elders, amounted to threats to declare war or mop-up operation against Ndigbo.

According to him, “What remains worrisome is the incapacity of the police to make needful arrests in this situation, pointing to double standarts from our security forces.

“A desire and public proclaimation for the state of Biafra cannot be too different from a quit notice which amounts to a declaration for a new state of Nigeria without the Igbo.

“In the latter case, an obvious violation of our constitution points to treason and a declaration to take inventory and acquire property not belonging to one amounts to conversion and declaration to commence mop-up action if the quit notice is not complied with at a certain date is a declaration of war.

“We have, as Ohanaeze, maintained absolute restraint in our public utterances. The Acting President, by his interactions with concerned groups, shows he is prepared to engage everyone in order to ensure that justice is done.

“His proclamations that government will guarantee the security of life of all Nigerians and their properties wherever they live is reassuring.

“What worries us, however, is whether the Arewa youths are acting out a plan that may spiral out of control. Why have disclosures that some soldiers are talking with politicians not led to any arrest?

“Why have none of the Arewa youths been arrested in spite of the orders of the Inspector General of Police and the Chief Security Officer of Kaduna Stae, Mallam El-Rufai?

“If our security forces, formally in command and control by mainly officers of Northern Nigeria, fail to carry out lawful and needful arrests of criminals among Arewa youths, or coup plotters in the army and their civilian collaborators, how can we expect them to heed to the orders of the Acting President to protect our people in the north?

“What should we advise our people in the North to do in the circumstance? Are the rhetorics of today not similar to the rhetorics between 1966 pogrom? If there should be a repeat performance, what explanation can we make to our people?

“Against this background, our young men and women are spiralling out of control. The jury is still out in Igbo land regarding the choice between self-determination and restructuring as a solution to our current impasse.

“Whereas a lot of the elderly, the business class and the professionals want to preserve our continued existence as one indivisible, united and restructured Nigeria, a number of the young ones are resolute about self-determination.

“How do we resolve this duplicity that gives the impression that we all are on one of the sides depending on who is making the assessment…?”

Nwodo, however, asked the committee ,which has 10 former governors as members, to design an economic blue-print that would forsee the following:

*”An integrated railway network linking all the seven Ohanaeze States;

*”Annual growth of one million palm trees in each of the seven states within the next five years as well as a corresponding growth of attractive processing industries for palm produce but on high, medium and small scale levels;

*”Design a policy for the maximisation of our coal resources for power generation, and another geological inventory of all our resources and carefully scripted plan for engaging the Federal Government in their exploration;

*”Develop plan for a refinery for petroleum resources ;

*”Plan for a paradigm shift to greenhouses methodology for vegetable production using the Netherlands experience as a typology;

“There must be a deliberate policy for development of ICT hubs in our states to encourage our human capital development;

“An educational curriculum geared to development of skills among our young men and women;

*”Recommendation of appropriate policies to our government to improve the educational standards in our schools at all levels; and

*”Growth of reliable financial institutions for mortgage, small scale business finacing and research,” among others, he added.

Nwodo açknowledged the prompt condemnation of the Igbo quit notice by Northern Governors’ Forum, Middle Belt Forum, Afenifere, PANDEF, among others.

But he also noted the “rather mild and equivocal condemnation from Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF,” adding that the defiance of Arewa youths by threatening and daring the police to arrest them, the clear incapacitation of the police and unwillingness to arrest them, their renewed aggression, following the issuance of another statement involving an association of wider youth organisations in the North and the support offered them by splinter elements of the neighbourhood, point to a swell of reasonable support from a section of Northern Nigeria”, he concluded

Prof Soludo, who spoke later, promised that the members would do their best to meet the expectations of Ndigbo, especially at this period of “our history.”

IPOB

IPOB’s statement, issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, made it clear that “the era of crooked Nigerian elections and imposition of politicians in Biafraland from Abuja has gone and will never be tolerated again. Until there is an agreement for a date to democratically ascertain the will of the people of Biafra, IPOB will campaign for a total boycott of elections.

According to IPOB “It is very pathetic that some hired hands and unity beggars in Nigeria have adopted the unenlightened and illiterate approach of always equating self determination with war.

“IPOB is a genuine peaceful organisation that is following the stipulated laid down rules of the United Nations and African Charter, which Nigeria ratified and adopted in the constitution for self determination.

“Referendum for Biafra is all we are asking for not war. It is the only civilized way to settle this burning issue of Biafra once and for all time.

“We are not interested in anything violent or war to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra because IPOB has many potent weapons than AK47, bombs and mortars.

“Therefore, anybody waiting for IPOB to engage in violent warfare is wasting his or her time because Nigeria has already collapsed under the burden of incompetence, greed, corruption and institutional laziness.”

Ipobs and Ohaneze, pls resolve your differences between yourselves, then present a synchronised agitation rather than all these self-contradictory nonsense with which you keep heating up the polity unnecessarily.

To ipobs miscreants, you must be getting it twisted if you think your bare-faced lack of respect for your elders can be extended to other zones.

Northerners and s/westerners hold their elders in high esteem, the more reason you can never hear of them waking their parents with side kicks.

All of you singing war songs and using war terms including the Op, the IPOB has
said it times without numbers that they don't want WAR that all they want is referendum to exit from Nigeria. Is that too hard to comprehend?

Some headlines sha!!!!!

Even if another pogrom starts, nobody will still be arrested. Ndi Igbo lotabanu maka na ukpana opkoko buru bu kwanu nti chiri ya o...

LionDeLeo:
Ipobs and Ohaneze, pls resolve your differences between yourselves, then present a synchronised agitation rather than all these self-contradictory nonsense with which you keep heating up the polity unnecessarily.

To ipobs miscreants, you must be getting it twisted if you think your bare-faced lack of respect for your elders can be extended to other zones.

Northerners and s/westerners hold their elders in high esteem, the more reason you can never hear of them waking their parents with side kicks.

They have resolved my dear, they want Referendum on Biafra to exit or total restructuring and they want no War!

Every day, one wakes up to read complaints from these people over one thing or another. Haba! Na only una dey this country?

By the way, Seun, what is wrong with your servers? Are they becoming overwhelmed or something?

Misleading and Disgraceful Title

Igbos are giving this country a hard time I tell you...they don't want Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba to relax for any second.LOL

LionDeLeo:
Ipobs and Ohaneze, pls resolve your differences between yourselves, then present a synchronised agitation rather than all these self-contradictory nonsense with which you keep heating up the polity unnecessarily.

To ipobs miscreants, you must be getting it twisted if you think your bare-faced lack of respect for your elders can be extended to other zones.

Northerners and s/westerners hold their elders in high esteem, the more reason you can never hear of them waking their parents with side kicks.

What difference do they have sometimes what comment here shows you as brainless again must you comment anything about igbos for you to even ruch to talk nonsense without going through the writeup

omenkaLives:
Every day, one wakes up to read complaints from these people over one thing or another. Haba! Na only una dey this country?

By the way, Seun, what is wrong with your servers? Are they becoming overwhelmed or something?

Everyday one wakes up to read trashy comments from you, na wa 4 u oo., na only you dey this forum?

omenkaLives:
Every day, one wakes up to read complaints from these people over one thing or another. Haba! Na only una dey this country?

By the way, Seun, what is wrong with your servers? Are they becoming overwhelmed or something?

The same group who couldn't muster the common sense to rebuke cownu now want to complain about the security services to use their words NOT PLAYING INTO THEIR HANDS.

It seems the internet is beginning to reject the bile and hatred oozing out of nairaland. Hopefully nairaland begin to keep good company.

You people should go and talk to Kanu first.

Last week he announced that there will be no election in the southeast, that he will Set aside a date when him and his foolish supporters will burn there Nigerian passport and currency. What have you guys said about the above statement?
He has Failed in all his bail out conditions have you guys called for his re-arrest?

Arresting any of them I mean IPOB leaders and Arewa leaders will heighten the tension, this is a very sensitive issue. The best thing the police can do is to pickup they Idiots from Different region same time. Picking Arewa guys and forgetting Kanu is a very bad Approach.

Once more Ohaneze go and caution Kanu ask him to carry out his agitation via the right channel.

Before you call me Afonja or Hausa guy, I am an Igbo boy from Mbaise. Nwa afor.

All I need is restructuring.

omenkaLives:
Every day, one wakes up to read complaints from these people over one thing or another. Haba! Na only una dey this country?

By the way, Seun, what is wrong with your servers? Are they becoming overwhelmed or something?

Let them continue, apparently, Nigerians are getting tired of their excesses unlike when it used to be contained.

Whatsoever it is they are searching for (directly or impliedly), they will get it and were possible, more than what they are bargaining for.

The recent outburst from the arewa youths might just be less than the tip of the iceberg, if they want to see the rest of that iceberg, they can as well continue.

Can somebody tell me what is wrong with referendum. Is married by force?

NOC1:
You people should go and talk to Kanu first.

Last week he announced that there will be no election in the southeast, that he will Set aside a date when him and his foolish supporters will burn there Nigerian passport and currency. What have you guys said about the above statement?
He has Failed in all his bail out conditions have you guys called for his re-arrest?

Arresting any of them I mean IPOB leaders and Arewa leaders will heighten the tension, this is a very sensitive issue. The best thing the police can do is to pickup they Idiots from Different region same time. Picking Arewa guys and forgetting Kanu is a very bad Approach.

Once more Ohaneze go and caution Kanu ask him to carry out his agitation via the right channel.

Before you call me Afonja or Hausa guy, I am an Igbo boy from Mbaise. Nwa afor.

All I need is restructuring.

Once we have our biafra u can go and nationalise in kaduna.

Nnia Nwodo I love you.

I love u pass mi babe.

If you be woman I go die for your matter.

This man is the true definition of a statesman.

Let the Ten man committee immediately swing into action and implement these ECONOMIC blue print for the 7 Ohaneze states.

God bless you Nnia Nwodo. U re truly a leader.

For those Igbos who invented all their in the North and now junketing up and down begging for Unity.

Am sorry for you guys. We warned you. But when you pple were. Use practicing One Nigeria

Hausa's and Yorubas were laughing at your stupidity.

Pls come back with whatever u can. Swallow the bitter pill and save your lives.

LionDeLeo:
Let them continue, apparently, Nigerians are getting tired of their excesses unlike when it used to be contained.

Whatsoever it is they are searching for (directly or impliedly), they will get it and were possible, more than what they are bargaining for.

The recent outburst from the arewa youths might just be less than the tip of the iceberg, if they want to see the rest of that iceberg, they can as well continue.

See them leecches.

Lazy assholes.

Don't worry, u can claim our property all you want.

But don't forget we have gone thru worse and came back triumphant.

From 20 pounds we are billionaires today.

Believe me. By the time we leave your ingrate regions it will become worthless.

I pray the FG will commence the referendum process to hasten our departure from this poit hole enclave Nigeria

That think only Oil can move an economy.

...ANY IGBO MAN OR WOMAN WHO IS NOT TIRED WITH THE MANNER NIGERIA IS RUN & RUINED BY THE HAUSAFULANI FOR THE PAST 50YEARS CAN DIE WITH NIGERIA.

eastsidechillz:
See them leecches.

Lazy assholes.

Don't worry, u can claim our property all you want.

But don't forget we have gone thru worse and came back triumphant.

From 20 pounds we are billionaires today.

Believe me. By the time we leave your ingrate regions it will become worthless.

I pray the FG will commence the referendum process to hasten our departure from this poit hole enclave Nigeria

That think only Oil can move an economy.

U don't have to wait for the federal govt. U can conduct ur referendum in the yeast and inform the relevant authority accordingly rather than this foot-dragging rubbish.

Meanwhile, you can start packing as directed while arrangements for the referendum is in progress.

No one is interested in whatever you call wealth, pack whatsoever you might have accumulated.

As for the "ingrate region" becoming worthless, that is entirely non of your biz, just pack and leave, shikena.

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omenkaLives:
Every day, one wakes up to read complaints from these people over one thing or another. Haba! Na only una dey this country?

By the way, Seun, what is wrong with your servers? Are they becoming overwhelmed or something?

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Nonsense trash
better than those sadists that got rejected by their finances