The Igbo community in Kano state has dissociated itself from the
activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi
Kanu.
Reacting
to the IPOB crisis in the south-east in a news conference on Friday, Ebenezer
Chime, president-general of the Igbo association in the state, said members of
the association had received random calls from their kith and kin from back
home inquiring about their safety.
Chime
condemned the crisis in Abia state fuelled by clashes between the army and
members of IPOB.
“We want
use this medium to condemn in the entirety the avoidable crisis happening in
Abia state. In as much as we will not dwell on apportioning blames or asking
for who is right or wrong, we are strongly advocating for peace and unity
in the land,” he said.
“We also
want to state categorically here that we the Igbo residing and doing business
in Kano state, unequivocally state that we dissociate ourselves from the
activities of IPOB and its leader Nnamdi Kanu.”
The
president-general urged south-east governors and the leadership of Ohaneze
Ndigbo and other notable Igbo leaders “to ask the federal government to address
the issues of inequality of states and even distribution of our common wealth.
This we believe will bring to an end these agitations”.
- The Cable
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