– The Ohaneze Ndigbo has said that it is focused on restructuring the country
– It condemned the killing of unarmed Igbo youths
The Ohaneze Ndigbo has said that the agitation for Igbo presidency is not of importance to it at the moment but insisted it is only interested in restructuring.
There has been a call for an Igbo to be allowed to rule the country ahead of the 2019 presidential election.
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The Sun reports that Chief John Nnia Nwodo who is the president-general of the apex Igbo group spoke at a dinner organised in his honour by Old Sigmites, Lagos chapter where he criticised the killing of unarmed Igbo youths.
He also lashed at the federal government over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra.
File photo of Biafra protesters
“The agitation for Igbo presidency in 2019 is a non issue as far as I am concerned. As the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, I am apolitical, I am not a member of any political party.
“This is an issue for political parties, it has nothing to do with me. The issue of power rotation among regions is not new, it is some how aligned with the doctrine of federal character which is in our constitution.
“No party has called for nomination. I don’t think agitation for Igbo presidency is important now; what Nigerians are asking for is restructuring of the country to be a true federation. It cannot continue to be a federation in name, the political lexicography for federation is an independent federal unit.
“The moment you have independent federal unit, being state or regions and they have control over the resources they produce, they will contribute on agreed proportion to the Federation. The question of who is president and where he comes from will die down. It is going to be a matter of who is competent.
“MASSOB and IPOB organisations, no matter how divided they appear in public, are basically motivated by the same sense of outrage and bitterness. Our young men and women can no longer tolerate a second class status in their own country.”
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A Niger Delta elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark and a Yoruba leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo also spoke in support of restructuring as a way to make the country better.
Clark said: “As President Muhammadu Buhari used to say, if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us, but, I am saying, if we don’t restructure, restructure will kill us.”
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