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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
A Diaspora Igbo group under the platform of the
Igbo Ekunie Initiative has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of treating
killer Fulani herdsmen with kid gloves.
The group’s declaration followed the killings of
about 50 persons in fresh attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani
herdsmen on New Year Day.
The Igbo group described as an irony for the
Federal Government to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra that was
innocuous while patting herdsmen who had inflicted pains and agony on Nigerians
on the back.
While saying that the proscription of IPOB
was presumptuous and unacceptable, it asked Buhari to reconsider the ban.
Speaking at a press conference in Awka, the
Anambra State capital, on Wednesday, the President of Igbo Ekunie, Mr.
Tochukwu Ezeoke, asked Buhari to negotiate with IPOB before the 2019
general elections or the Igbo would have no other option but to review
their stand with the government of the All Progressives Congress.
Ezeoke insisted that IPOB was not a terrorist
organisation, adding that the purported proscription of the group would continue
to be resisted until the right thing was done.
He said, “2019 is around the corner. It’s a time
to take decision. Herdsmen cannot be killing our people and somebody will look
the other way, but had to proscribe IPOB that is innocuous. It is disingenuous
to allow that; it’s unacceptable.”
The group’s statement read in part, “We therefore
call on President Buhari, governors of the South-East, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, opinion
leaders, and human rights groups to engage IPOB and other self-determination
groups in fruitful dialogue that will address their grievances and permanently
end agitation across Nigeria.
“In the same vein, we call for the immediate
withdrawal of all charges against IPOB members and the unconditional release of
all detained members.”
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