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Ohanaeze drops Igbo 2019 presidency demand, petitions UN for Biafra referendum
It appears the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has dropped its earlier demand for an Igbo president in 2019 and have resolved to pursue the realisation of a Biafra state from Nigeria.
OYC, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday revealed that it had petitioned the United Nations to begin processes towards referendum in the South-East to decide what the region wants.
The group also said that in the petition it demanded that the UN ensure ‘special protection’ for all Igbo living in the North.
The letter was signed by the group’s national president, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike (National secretary) Amb Arthur Obiora (Dep National President) Engr Obinna Adobe (National Publicity Secretary) and was copied to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the United States Embassy in Nigeria, the UK Embassy, the Commonwealth, and the Amnesty International, among others.
Read also: Northern youths write Osinbajo , demand Biafra referendum
The letter was entitled, “A call for emergency in Nigeria- our two point demand.”
The group was reacting to the letter to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo by a coalition of northern youth groups, who prayed him to allow the Igbo to secede from Nigeria.
The Arewa youths had also in their letter, called on Osinbajo to make possible a UN organised referendum in Igboland for the people to decide if they want to remain in Nigeria or their age long desired Biafra.
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Animashaun Ayodeji
June 21, 2017 at 3:33 pm
Where there’s confusion, they will say different things! Very soon, they will abandon their Biafra fight, just keep looking at the morons.
chukwunonso nnadozie
June 21, 2017 at 4:09 pm
Ohaneze have never championed the Biafra movement so their call is not surprising, but ur lack of knowledge of these things means u will remain confused.
seyi jelili
June 21, 2017 at 8:15 pm
Confirm morons indeed, I only pity my Ibo friends especially chinedu, my boyfriend
JOHNSON PETER
June 21, 2017 at 8:21 pm
Thief, why not your tribe boyfriend? Just see how good we are to Nigeria but you pay us with evil
Arsenalhenry Chuks Eches
June 23, 2017 at 7:39 am
Sorry
Arsenalhenry Chuks Eches
June 23, 2017 at 7:38 am
Moron’s you said you what are you huh?
Abeni Adebisi
June 21, 2017 at 3:54 pm
Every part of Nigeria belongs to everyone, the federal government should ensure security for all. The arewa’s threat should be taken seriously with zero tolerance for violence
Anita Kingsley
June 21, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Don’t do deceive yourself, as long as Nigeria exists and under the control of Buhari’s government, the northerners have the right to misbehave and no one can go against them.
yanju omotodun
June 21, 2017 at 7:12 pm
Now, they have gone berserk totally. Are they to petition UN or to seek for their aegis? Their adviser didn’t counsel them rightly
JOHNSON PETER
June 21, 2017 at 8:20 pm
It’s your generations that are going berserk not ours you will soon start obtaining visa to come visit our beautiful country