Igbos in Nigeria
A clergyman in the southeast has urged the people of the region to forgive and forget the controversial comment of President Muhammadu Buhari concerning them.
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has declared that the Igbo people won't leave Nigeria despite the secessionist agenda of some southeast based groups in recent times.
The Igbos in Nigeria Movement (INM) said it appreciates the leadership of the Nigerian army for its various interventions in the southeast region of Nigeria.
Proscribed secessionist group, IPOB has been disowned by Igbos living in the nineteen northern states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
More northern groups are asking the federal government to conduct a referendum in the southeast to determine if the Igbos want to secede from Nigeria or not.
The Senate chief whip and former governor of Abia state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has called for restraints from masterminds of the insecurity in the southeast region.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural group in the southeast, has described the remark of Abdurrahman Sumaila on the Igbo presidency as childish outburst.
Umahi lamented that indigenes of the region, especially the young people were the ones carrying out the attacks, lamenting that they have been brainwashed.
Ebonyi state governor and chairman, Southeast Governors Forum, Engr. Dave Umahi says he and his colleagues will consider setting aside May 30 as Biafra Day.
Igbos in Nigeria
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