The leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum, has criticised elders from the South-East region, over renewed talk and agitations for the Biafra Republic.
ACF Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomasie, berated Igbo leaders and elders for failing to nip in the bud, the secession attempts by ‘young Ndigbo elements’.
Coomasie spoke at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday.
He said: “The ACF has observed with serious concern the continued agitation by some Ndigbo elements for the creation of Biafra Republic out of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“It is sad and unfortunate that 45 years after the civil war when Nigerians are now united in a democratic system of governance, some elements are busy drumming the idea of another war and secession, through Radio Biafra and MASSOB activities.
“The agitators for this unholy division are in their safe abode outside Nigeria and are openly campaigning in foreign countries.
“The moist painful aspect of this agitation by some young Ndigbo elements is the deaf ear and silence from the elders who experienced the bitter pill of the secession attempt.
“The ACF expects Ndigbo leaders to come out and condemn such agitations just as they and others condemned and berated the Boko Haram insurgency in the north east region.
“We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency into another and the ACF therefore calls upon the Ndigbo leaders and groups to come out, not only to condemn but to publicly dissociate themselves from this act of treason against the state by some disgruntled Ndigbo element.”
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