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“We stand on our call on Igbos to leave Nigeria, if�” � Northern Elders Forum

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), on Friday, said it stands by its old call on the Igbos of the South-East region to be allowed to leave Nigeria if that is what they want. The Convener of the NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, said these while reacting to a comment credited to the spokesperson of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, in which he referred to the spokesperson of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as a security threat. The NEF also told the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to channel its energy towards contributing to the security…

Secessionists Call: You have no power to ask any group to vacate North’ – Presidency to Northern Elders

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Aminu Imam

�”We didn�t ask Igbo to leave region� – Northern elders replies The Presidency has told the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), that it has no right to ask any group to leave the northern region, just as it slammed the group for instigating a section of the country to leave. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who condemned the utterances in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja, said that such attitude and comments from the opinionated tin-gods in the Forum can only be inspired by �delusional…

2023: �It�s either Igbo produce next president or be allowed to exit Nigeria� – Group

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Aminu Imam

A group, known as ‘Equity Movement Turn-by-Turn‘, has stated that the South-East geo-political zone would likely exit Nigeria if an Igbo indigene does not succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The group appealed to all former and present leaders of the country not to allow the next Nigeria�s President to elude the Ndigbo. According to the group, there are obvious signs that the Igbos are most likely to take their exit if not allowed their turn in the forthcoming general elections. The group said if Nigerians cannot trust the Igbo,…

2023: “Present a candidate that will be acceptable by all”, Group to Ndigbo

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Aminu Imam

Balance and Equity Group, a socio-political group has called on the South-East politicians to present a presidential candidate that would be acceptable to all the regions of the country. The group also warned politicians with bad track records to steer off 2023 elections, saying that Nigerians are wiser now and will not accept them. The founder and National Coordinator of the group, Chris Arinze, while addressing journalists in Onitsha, on Wednesday, said the preparation for the 2023 presidential election should be about presenting the right and credible candidates with capacity…

Omo-Agege tasks Igbos on dialogue

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has urged the Igbos to imbibe dialogue rather than confrontation in the pursuit of their grievances. Sen. Omo-Agege, who represents Delta-Central at the National Assembly, gave the charge on Saturday in Asaba, at the Inauguration ceremony of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions, (ASATU), in Delta State. Represented by his Senior Legislative Aide, Athanasius Iwuchukwu, Omo-Agege said that the Igbos should support every action that would promote peace in the region and the country at large. He assured that the Senate would…

“Igbo will always support you” – Enugu monarch tells Buhari

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Ezeani II of Mmaku Kingdom, Agwu LGA of Enugu State, Maduabuchi Nevobasi, has stated that the Igbo will always support President Muhammadu Buhari. The Enugu monarch stated this on Friday, when he paid a courtesy visit to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Deputy Director (Information), State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, released a statement to this effect yesterday. According to Nevobasi, the President has done a lot for the South-East in the last six years, and as such,…

“Before Igbo youths go to war, turn Igbo-land into Japan of Africa” � ITT tasks Igbo elites

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 Aminu Imam

A prominent South-East soci-cultural group, Igbo Think Tank, (ITT), has tasked Igbo elites to urgently develop and turn Igbo land into the Japan of Africa before Igbo Youth frustrated and angered over years of marginalisation, unemployment and unequal opportunities, declares full blown war on the Nigerian State.� This was contained in the address presented by the ITT’s Deputy Chairman Board of Trustees and Convener of its ‘Roundtable on Security and Economy’, Rev Obinna Akukwe, in Enugu on Friday. The cleric and veteran Igbo activist urged the elites to quickly swing…

Scholar raises concern over Igbo exclusive residential community in Kano

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

A Kano-based scholar, Dr. Abdallah Gadon-Kaya, has raised concern over the emergence of highbrow residential areas occupied exclusively by Igbos in Kano State, noting that such allowance creates a vacuum for disunity. In a video that is being widely circulating in social media, the scholar who noted that the community located in Zungeru Road, behind Kano Airport said, �they have their massive gates, security and other facilities that prevent other people, especially indigenes, from accessing. According to him, “Government should not allow such to be happening when we can�t go…

‘Igbos to suffer more if Nigeria breaks’ � Okorocha

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Aminu Imam

Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has stated that the Igbo ethnic group have a lot to lose should the country break up. Okorocha, who made these comments in Abuja in Abuja at the weekend, warned that Igbos will be the worst-hit region should the country split up. He pointed out that Igbos should push towards fixing the country and not its disintegration. The Senator disclosed that Igbos are nationalistic in nature and should disregard any push for the nation�s disintegration. He said: �It is only an Igbo man…

Biafra: “You can secede, Nigeria can�t afford another war”, Northern Elders tell Igbos

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders� Forum, (NEF), has advised the Federal Government to grant leeway for the Igbo ethnic group to secede from the country if that would restore peace and harmony. Its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr.Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who addressed reporters yesterday in Abuja, appealed to the leaders of the South-East to protect their region rather than succumb to the acts of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to Baba-Ahmed, “Muted voices of millions of Igbo cannot be heard so that fellow Nigerians could…