The position of the group was contained in a resolution of its meeting held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday.
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In separate letters to President Muhammadu Buhari and the United Nations, the group drew the attention of the Nigerian leader as well as the world body to various atrocities being carried out by IPOB members in the region.
Mike Udah, the Director of Media and Communication of the forum’s secretariat, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abakaliki.
In a statement issued by the OPC in Lagos on Thursday and signed by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, the group said the agitation of IPOB would be fruitfully addressed through dialogue rather than the military option being adopted by the Federal Government
Uwazurike expressed the view in Owerri on Thursday and added that the activities of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, could only lead to an unplanned war which was against the Biafra struggle.
This was announced on Thursday by the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who also said he will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
As of the week of writing, baying mobs that identify as IPOB members attacked soldiers in Kanu’s hometown in Abia state while the Hausa Community bore the brunt of the group’s misdirected anger in Rivers state. In another part of Abia state a pickup truck of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, was vandalized and the occupants brutalized even though they are of Igbo extraction and even called themselves Biafrans to save their skin, the unruly mob nonetheless attacked.
It noted that the application of high-handed tactics, threats and use of force against defenceless civilians embarking on meaningful cause had never worked in Nigeria or anywhere in the world.
According to the television station, the attackers burnt down cars in the official residence of the Commissioner of Police
The Party also regrets the incident at the National Union of Journalist Secretariat in Umuahia, Abia State capital, where some journalists were assaulted. Commendably, the Nigerian Army has tendered its apology and is investigating the matter.
The extension of the curfew was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Enyinnaya Appolos
Speaking at a press conference Wednesday morning, Charles Mbani, National President of the group lamented that from his discovery, the IPOB youths have been brainwashed into seeing the army as the enemy.
Col. Sagir Musa, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division, said this when he briefed newsmen at the NUJ Secretariat, Umuahia, on the activities of troops deployed in Abia for the exercise.
An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Frank, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident left many injured from both sides.
The group warned Nigerian Army not to take the patience of South-east and South-south Nigeria for weakness saying that any attempt by Military to repeat what happened in Zaria, Kaduna state in the region will immediately lead to breakdown of law and order in the entire country.
Colonel Sagir Musa, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division, said this when he briefed newsmen at the NUJ Secretariat, Umuahia on the activities of troops deployed in Abia State for the exercise
An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Frank, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident left many injured from both sides
Ikpeazu said the curfew was necessitated by the attack on the officers and men of the Nigerian Army by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor met with IPOB chieftains a fortnight ago where they tabled their grievances to the governors in an expanded meeting held in Enugu.