Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the Biafra protest that took place in Onitsha which led to the death of two police officer and nine protesters.
The protest championed by the Indigenous People Of Biafra and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State Of Biafra which resulted in violence and destruction of properties took place on Wednesday, December 2 when the agitators stormed the Niger Bridge. It resulted in a face-off between the protesters and security operatives and degenerated into violence.
The Punch reports that Dr. Chris Eluomunoh, the chairman of Forum of Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Anambra state president of Ohanaeze said they had appealed to the protesters to no avail and that their action would lead to catastrophe.
“The action of these boys will lead them to death, self-destruction and black alley.
“We have appealed to these boys to calm down and allow Igbo elders and governors to handle this issue but they don’t seem to listen.
“I have a feeling that these boys have a mission other than what they project to the public; otherwise, what do they think they can achieve on their own that the governors and Igbo elders cannot handle better? Why is it that they don’t want to listen to any voice of reason, if their mission is not self-serving?
“We condemn what happened in Onitsha in its totality. And I don’t think law enforcement officers will just fold their arms and allow this situation to continue.”
Comrade Emmanuel Omenka however who spoke on behalf of MASSOB blamed the violent protest on the Uchenna Madu-led faction of the group.
”Uchenna was expelled from MASSOB in 2014 because of anti-MASSOB activities.
“When you don’t follow the organogram of MASSOB we expel you so they were expelled for not following the organogram.
“Uchenna and his cohorts are being sponsored by politicians to blackmail Uwazurike and MASSOB but we don’t blackmail, we remain non-violent in actions and words. These politicians who said that Biafra died in 1970 are cowards because Biafra still exists.
“The God we serve will still help us to actualise a Biafra State without shedding blood. Those who said MASSOB is now divided is false because we are one indivisible entity.”
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