The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appealed to the Nigerian Army and other security agencies not to convert Igboland to a theatre of war, saying that the tribe is not waging any war against the Federal Government.
Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) which spoke on the heels of the clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and security agencies in Aba, on Monday, in which three IPOB members were reportedly shot dead with scores wounded and arrested, described the action of the security operatives as regrettable.
The OYC strongly condemned the killing of unarmed civilians by security agents as provocative and a gross violation of the fundamental human rights of the protesters.
In a press statement issued by the group on Wednesday, in Umuahia, OYC called for investigation into the killings, with a view to “bringing to book the trigger-happy security operatives.”
The statement which was jointly signed by OYC’s National President, Comrade Okechukwu Isiguzoro and its Secretary General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the group warned security agencies to stop “ killing unarmed civilians who committed no crime other than exercising their fundamental human rights.”
The OYC argued that instead of killing the protesters, the Federal Government should rather concern itself with finding lasting solutions to the causes of the renewed agitation for Biafra.
According to the Igbo youth, the agitation for Biafra being currently championed by IPOB and other pro- Biafra groups cannot be quelled by the use of force but rather through dialogue and positive engagement of the agitators.
Tribune
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