Igbo leaders condemn attack on Enugu broadcasting house

ENUGU—IGBO leaders, yesterday, condemned last week’s attack on broadcasting houses in Enugu by some Igbo youths, who wanted to announce a new republic.

The arrested Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, members on parade.

“The infantile act of seizing a broadcasting house in order to announce a new Republic is not the proper way to express anger and frustration with Nigeria,” the leaders on the banner of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, said.

In a statement by their Deputy Secretary, Evangelist Elliot Uko, the leaders warned the youths: “Don’t over heat the polity,” saying that “such actions, if anything, only result to over-heating the polity, which is the last thing any well meaning Nigerian would pray for at this time.”

They continued: “We appeal to all those who feel aggrieved over the Nigerian condition to channel their grievances through proper and legal routes which include the ongoing National Conference. Actions that are capable of leading to breakdown of law and order must be discouraged as it not only paints us in bad light but will also not solve the problems at hand.

“We warn Igbo youths who are said to be preparing for or planning whatever demonstrations, to shelve the idea as such ill-advised actions would only be encouraging our already misguided folks, who erroneously believe that secession or disintegration would help the situation.

“We advice those indoctrinating them along those lines to retrace their steps as a stitch in time saves nine. We reiterate that Ndigbo believe in one united Nigeria where equity and justice reign, where no man is oppressed and a restructured federal Nigeria where every section is treated fairly.”

- Vanguard

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