An Igbo group under the aegis of Izumunna Cultural Association in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has faulted the five governors that came together to fashion out ways of ending the agitation by some Igbo youths in actualizing the State of Biafra.
The group said the governors are not representing the entire Igbo nation on Biafra.
The members said Ohaneze Ndigbo is the body properly positioned to do so.
According to the group in a press statement signed by the President of the Association, Chief Elvis Chukwu, and made available to our correspondent: “Our attention has been drawn to a meeting held by the governors of the five south eastern states for the purpose of finding a solution to the agitation by a section of Igbo youths for the quest for the actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
“We commend them for their initiative in finding a solution to this burning issue because the activities of the youths should be a collective concern of every citizen of the country given the ugly past of our country’s history from 1967 to 1970.
“However it is the position of Izumunna that the governors of the five south eastern states might not have acted in the interest of the entire Igbo nation because Igboland extends far beyond the five eastern states to include states in the South South zone and the Diaspora.”
The group stated that it is their considered view that the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, is a representative of Ndigbo in Nigeria and the diaspora because Igboland extends far beyond the five eastern states to include states in the South South zone and the Diaspora.
They said it is therefore their opinion that the governors should allow Ohaneze Ndigbo to handle the issue of agitation for a Sovereign State of Biafra on behalf of Ndigbo in Nigeria and the Diaspora.