Tag: Igbo Elders

Buhari tells Igbo leaders to allow court to handle Nnamdi Kanu’s case

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told Igbo leaders to allow the court to take the final decision in the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). President Buhari stated this during a meeting he had with the South-East leaders, including the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo at the new Government House, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The President, who has ended his two-day working visit to the State, pointed out that the determination of the court on the matter was necessary. Recall that the Igbo leaders had requested…

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VON DG, Okechukwu begs Buhari to honour Igbo elders with release of Kanu

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Igbo elders with the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking to journalists, Okechukwu also appealed to IPOB to support Nigeria president of Igbo extraction in 2023. “I join, Ohaneze Ndigbo, eminent constitutional lawyer and Chairman, Igbo Leaders of Thought, Prof Ben Nwabueze, and people of goodwill nationwide in commending President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting to consider the release of held leader of the Indigenous People of…

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“Request for Nnamdi Kanu’s release difficult” — Buhari tells Igbo leaders

Aminu Imam

…Promises to consider plea President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the request for the release of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, after meeting with a group of leaders from the South-East region, under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats. He made the pledge yesterday, when he received the delegation led by a First Republic parliamentarian and former Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi, at the State House, in Abuja. The Igbo leaders were at the Presidential Villa to plead with the President…

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“Before Igbo youths go to war, turn Igbo-land into Japan of Africa” — ITT tasks Igbo elites

Aminu Imam

A prominent South-East soci-cultural group, Igbo Think Tank, (ITT), has tasked Igbo elites to urgently develop and turn Igbo land into the Japan of Africa before Igbo Youth frustrated and angered over years of marginalisation, unemployment and unequal opportunities, declares full blown war on the Nigerian State.  This was contained in the address presented by the ITT’s Deputy Chairman Board of Trustees and Convener of its ‘Roundtable on Security and Economy’, Rev Obinna Akukwe, in Enugu on Friday.  The cleric and veteran Igbo activist urged the elites to quickly swing…

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Igbo conference of elders calls for maximum action against IPOB

Aminu Imam

Prominent Igbo elders have charged relevant authorities of government to deal decisively with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying the current level of  force being deployed might not be enough to curb their violent excesses. The elders,  under the aegis of ‘Conference of  Concerned Igbo Elders for Peace and National Unity’, reasoned that decisive  force was required at this time, considering recent events, which suggest that IPOB was determined to undermine security and peace in the South East, which is an integral part of the country. The…

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