The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Arewa Consultative Forum and some leaders from the South-East have faulted the call by a former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, asking President Bola Tinubu to let the Igbo secede from Nigeria.

The Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra had demanded that the Igbo be allowed to break away from Nigeria over allegations of discrimination and neglect by the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

In July 2021, Kanu was arrested in Kenya and was brought back to Nigeria to face prosecution bordering on terrorism.

In a viral video on Thursday, Dokubo urged Tinubu and the National Assembly to see to the amendment of the constitution to allow the Igbo breakaway from the country in accordance with Kanu’s demands.

He said he would gather the signatures of one million citizens in support of his idea.

Dokubo stated, “Please, in the name of God, why do we allow this vicious cycle of irritation of people who claim to be victims when they are the oppressors and the people offending others? Let the Igbo go so that there will be enough resources for other people to manage.

"They don’t even need a referendum. The President and National Assembly should meet and someone courageous enough should sponsor a bill at the National Assembly. There should be a constitutional amendment. The five Igbo states and any group of people who want to join them should go.

"We have a lot to gain if we let these people go and turn their country into heaven on earth. Please, National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu, I am begging you, let the Igbo go so that we will rest and they too will rest and they should be barred from entering into our country.”

In its reaction, the spokesperson for Ohanaeze, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, said well-meaning Igbo people did not consider Dokubo an individual to attract the attention of the group.

Ogbonnia said he could not comment on the matter at the moment until a decision was reached by the body, stating that the group could only respond if such a statement was made by other recognised socio-cultural groups.

He added, “For various reasons, we don’t want to comment on self-government now. There will be a time Ohanaeze will take a decision on that but if you watch what is going on, we have kept our comments on what is going on in government. Until we have a meeting, that is when I can comment on it and Ohanaeze cannot be drawn to that level of responding to Dokubo as an individual."

Also, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria and founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Osita Okechukwu, in an interview with one of our correspondents, described Dokubo’s comments as null and void.

He added, “Asari Dokubo should understand that Nigeria is under constitutional democracy, governed by the rule of law. Under which section of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is he mandating President Tinubu to act? If none, then his admonition is ultra vires.

Please, if Asari has grouse with a few Igbo, he should go and sort it out with them. Otherwise, he should desist from the ancient fallacy of generalisation. The Ndigbo live and invest in every nook and cranny of our dear country; which gazette that we love our dear fatherland. Nobody should use the agitation of a few to paint all Ndigbo black.”

yinkus6750:
They wi not knock onSam Ekpa that is busy destroying the region all the way from Finland through senseless statements and directives.
Is Ssari not backing them up with what they are yearning for ?
It's so unfortunate that they keep destroying themselves.
The future looks so bleak in the SE.
Senseless killings and unnecessary sit at home.
They need to sit up, be united, and speak in one voice on what they actually want.

mrvitalis:
I like the ohanaze response...

If Nigeria comes to say igbos should go and get Biafra but the price would be Biafra would pay all Nigerian debts

Biafrans would take it without blinking $100 billion? Lol

Biafra would be a $1 trillion dollars economy in 20 years Max

DevilsEqual:


Were these also in the post?
I read something else entirely and it seems our comprehension level is different


Baba, they were stylishly saying they aren't ready for secession, furthermore citing that what Asari proposed wasn't backed by any section of the constitution.

The sad part, in my own opinion, is that it doesn't seem like they will ever be ready

DevilsEqual:


Were these also in the post?
I read something else entirely and it seems our comprehension level is different


Baba, they were stylishly saying they aren't ready for secession, furthermore citing that what Asari proposed wasn't backed by any section of the constitution.

The sad part, in my own opinion, is that it doesn't seem like they will ever be ready

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Emmajnr1 ...Ohaneze dey talk wetin we no know

jogojogo:


Honestly, I have never seen this kind of people.
How many of them have made a statement about Ekpa? But quick to masturbate about what Asari said?
The biggest coward Nation and chest beaters on earth is the Igbo nation