The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reconciled with
the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, after a peace meeting brokered by the
Chairman of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN.
IPOB has therefore, stopped all forms of verbal attacks,
name calling and other forms of abuse against the leadership of Ohonaeze
Ndigbo, forthwith.
This was announced by the Deputy Leader of IPOB, Mazi Uche
Mefor, in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu, Friday.
The statement entitled “Brief Statement from the Office of
the Deputy Leader of the IPOB,” read, “Following an important meeting with some
respectable Igbo elders, the representatives of IPOB and leadership of Ohaneze
Ndigbo earlier today July 6, 2017 in Enugu, under the distinguished
chairmanship of the very eminent Prof. Ben Nwabueze; IPOB High Command hereby
mandate that all forms of verbal attacks and name calling on all media
platforms against Ohaneze Ndigbo seize with immediate effect. No IPOB family
member should disparage Ohaneze Ndigbo or its leadership until further notice.
“This is strictly to give room for a
number of representations and demands made by IPOB, to those present at the
meeting to be given due attention within the shortest possible time-frame,
under an atmosphere devoid of rancour.
“The meeting stressed among other
things the need for our people, who are presently under siege in parts of Enugu
State, to recognise the urgency and need to synergise and constitute a common
front against all forms of threats to our existence as a people.
“Should this gesture by IPOB, in the
face of well documented betrayal and blackmail by the political class be taken
for granted, IPOB shall have no option but to stand in the gap to defend the
aspirations and collective will of the people of Biafra against every enemy.
“IPOB, as the most potent and largest
freedom fighting outfit on earth, remains focused, determined and resolute. Our
unalloyed commitment to a referendum in pursuit of our emancipation remain
sacrosanct and insurmountable.”
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