OYC Urges Tinubu To Stop Victimization Of Igbo
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been urged to stop the discrimination and victimization of the Igbo community within the country.
This appeal was made by the National President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, in a statement released to National Newsbreak on Wednesday, October 29.
Mr. Igboayaka further implored the President to ensure the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB).
He emphasized that such actions could prevent Nigeria from regressing into a crisis reminiscent of the 1967 conflict.
The 1967 conflict was a genocidal war against the Igbo people in the South East region of Nigeria, during which federal troops, supported by foreign powers from Britain, the United States, Germany, Russia, and Egypt, exterminated approximately three million Igbo individuals.
This war, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, forced some Igbo, particularly those in present-day Delta State, to renounce their Igbo heritage to escape death.
The OYC president described the ongoing incarceration and trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as illegal and provocative to the Igbo community.
It is noteworthy that the IPOB leader was abducted in Kenya in 2021 and subsequently extradited to Nigeria during the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
Since his extradition, he has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS), despite the Appeal Court discharging and acquitting him of the treasonable felony charges brought against him by the Nigerian authorities.
