World Igbo Congress Condemns Raid on Ekweremadu's Home
....Calls for Igbo Unity
By Abuchi Onwumelu of Fides Newspaper
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has condemned in strong terms the recent attack on the guest house of the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by security operatives, describing it as a calculated attack on the people of South East Geopolitical Zone.
In a communiqué issued at the end of their First Leadership Summit in Nigeria held at Ascort Resort Hotel, New Haven, Enugu and signed by the chairman of WIC, Engr. Joe Nze Eto and made available to newsmen in Awka, the summit accused Buhari's led Federal Government of Nigeria of bias, despotic tendencies and insensitivity.
They queried why the federal government would be turned its eyes the other way whenever Igbo life and property were under assault. This is even as they expressed misgivings at the stifling anti-Igbo policies in the Nigerian polity
The summit recalled how Ekweremadu's alarm about the plot being hatched against him was vehemently denied by the Inspector General of Police, IGP.
They called on the security forces in Nigeria to immediately fish out the perpetrators and ensure that justice was meted out to the satisfaction of Ndi Igbo and all Nigerians. They also urged them to stop any further harassment of the DSP and Ndi Igbo in Nigeria.
'Nigeria must decide whether Ndi Igbo are still part of it and whether they still have the rights and privileges of citizenship that other ethnic groups in Nigeria enjoy so freely,' the summit said.
It noted with grave concern, undisguised intimidation and attacks on Igbo political actors and business men and women by the federal government.
They called for cohesion and synergy in the leadership of Ndi Igbo, citing the example of meeting the seemingly insurmountable bail conditions of the IPOB leader Comrade Nnamdi Kanu as an eloquent testimony of what the cohesion of leadership could achieve.
The summit had well over 300 people in attendance, notable among whom were the Executive Officers and affiliate members of the World Igbo Congress from the USA, Igbo People in Dublin, Ireland led by Attorney Franklin Nwakor; Ikeoha Ndi Igbo, DSP Senator Ike Ekweremadu; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; Former Governor of Anambra State, H.E. Peter Obi; the Executive Officers of Ala Igbo Development Foundation led by their president, Professor Uzodinma Nwala;
Others were the members of Lower Niger Congress led by their Executive Secretary Attorney Tony Nnadi; Executives of Fidelity Bank, Plc; Executives of Diamond Bank, Plc; A mass of people from Imo, Abia, Rivers and Anambra States; Movement of the Biafra People in Nigeria (MOBIN).
The Highpoints of the summit was the Life time awards presentation to Engr. Arthur Eze, Ozo Igbo Ndu and Dr. Joe Nwodo for their sterling services to Ndi Igbo
....Calls for Igbo Unity
By Abuchi Onwumelu of Fides Newspaper
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has condemned in strong terms the recent attack on the guest house of the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by security operatives, describing it as a calculated attack on the people of South East Geopolitical Zone.
In a communiqué issued at the end of their First Leadership Summit in Nigeria held at Ascort Resort Hotel, New Haven, Enugu and signed by the chairman of WIC, Engr. Joe Nze Eto and made available to newsmen in Awka, the summit accused Buhari's led Federal Government of Nigeria of bias, despotic tendencies and insensitivity.
They queried why the federal government would be turned its eyes the other way whenever Igbo life and property were under assault. This is even as they expressed misgivings at the stifling anti-Igbo policies in the Nigerian polity
The summit recalled how Ekweremadu's alarm about the plot being hatched against him was vehemently denied by the Inspector General of Police, IGP.
They called on the security forces in Nigeria to immediately fish out the perpetrators and ensure that justice was meted out to the satisfaction of Ndi Igbo and all Nigerians. They also urged them to stop any further harassment of the DSP and Ndi Igbo in Nigeria.
'Nigeria must decide whether Ndi Igbo are still part of it and whether they still have the rights and privileges of citizenship that other ethnic groups in Nigeria enjoy so freely,' the summit said.
It noted with grave concern, undisguised intimidation and attacks on Igbo political actors and business men and women by the federal government.
They called for cohesion and synergy in the leadership of Ndi Igbo, citing the example of meeting the seemingly insurmountable bail conditions of the IPOB leader Comrade Nnamdi Kanu as an eloquent testimony of what the cohesion of leadership could achieve.
The summit had well over 300 people in attendance, notable among whom were the Executive Officers and affiliate members of the World Igbo Congress from the USA, Igbo People in Dublin, Ireland led by Attorney Franklin Nwakor; Ikeoha Ndi Igbo, DSP Senator Ike Ekweremadu; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; Former Governor of Anambra State, H.E. Peter Obi; the Executive Officers of Ala Igbo Development Foundation led by their president, Professor Uzodinma Nwala;
Others were the members of Lower Niger Congress led by their Executive Secretary Attorney Tony Nnadi; Executives of Fidelity Bank, Plc; Executives of Diamond Bank, Plc; A mass of people from Imo, Abia, Rivers and Anambra States; Movement of the Biafra People in Nigeria (MOBIN).
The Highpoints of the summit was the Life time awards presentation to Engr. Arthur Eze, Ozo Igbo Ndu and Dr. Joe Nwodo for their sterling services to Ndi Igbo
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