– An Igbo Socio-Cultural group Nzuko Umunna on Wednesday, May 31, said it was satisfied with the conduct of the Igbo people in their activities to mark the Biafra at 50 celebration
– The group said IPOB, MASSOB and all the other groups conducted themselves in civilized manner on the Biafra remembrance day
– Nzuko Umunna said the level of compliance during the protest was highly satisfactory and commendable
An Igbo Socio-Cultural group Nzuko Umunna on Wednesday, May 31, said it was satisfied with the conduct of the Igbo people in their activities to mark the Biafra at 50 celebration.
The group also commended the leadership and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other indigenous groups for their peaceful mobilization.
In a statement signed by the group’s coordinator and secretary Ngozi Odumuko and Paschal Mbanefo the IPOB, MASSOB and all the other groups conducted themselves in civilized manner on the Biafra remembrance day.
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Mbanefo said the level of compliance with the sit-at-home directive while highly satisfactory and commendable, has shattered a lot of myths and fallacies about Igbo and their unity.
Nzuko Umunna said it was satisfied with the conduct of the Igbo people in their activities to mark the Biafra at 50 celebration.
He said that never again would Ndigbo forget the heroes who made the supreme sacrifice for them.
“As an Igbo socio-cultural group, we were highly delighted at the level of compliance with the sit-at-home directive despite not being enforced in any way except through moral suasion. IPOB, MASSOB, BIM and such other groups must be commended for this rare feat,” Nzuko Umunna said.
“We are also very delighted with the commemoration of the day by Ndigbo and their friends worldwide including Europe, America, Asia, Australia and other African countries where the day was marked in carnival-like atmosphere.
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We must not fail to sincerely appreciate the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and all the South East governors for their cooperation and show of statesmanship while the Day lasted.
All these have shattered the myths and fallacies spread about the Igbo, their businesses, unity and solidarity.
The support, understanding and effusive show of solidarity by all Nigerians to the cause was humbling. This has gone a long way to show that freedom is a universal cause and that tribute to fallen heroes is a natural human endeavour.
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Based on the foregoing, we commit to working even closer with all stakeholders in ensuring a more massive and more memorable Remembrance Day subsequently,” the group added.
ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that major state in the South-East region of Nigeria were like graveyards on May 30, – the IPOB sit-at-home protest.
The IPOB in its order urged all its members within Nigeria and outside the country to participate in the protest, as a sign of honour and remembrance of some victims of the 1967 Nigeria-Biafra civil war.
Watch this ZENITHBLOG.com video of Professor Osinbajo and former President Olusegun Obasanjo speaking at the #Biafra50 event:
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