Press Statement 16/6/2021

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide had dismissed Northern Elders’ contentions of possibilities that the silence of Igbo leaders in the ongoing provocative onslaught in Southeastern Nigeria, reflected support for Ipob and Massob, describing it as” fallacies and myth ” craftily designed for sinister motives by anti-Igbo exponents.

Contrary to popular beliefs of Northerners on secessionist campaigns, the popularity of Biafra agitation by Igbo Youths are based on the Fallout of the systematic frustrations of the Federal Government’s discrimination against Southeastern Nigeria, unlike most Nigerian Youths, Igbo Youths are subjected to untold hardship especially in this covid 19 worsening economic era, in every 10 unemployed people, 6 are Igbo youths, traders amongst them are frustrated either by an unfriendly governments policies or host communities animosities.

Igbo leaders are not happy with the” I don’t care attitude” of the Presidency, all the lamentation of southeast marginalization appears to have fallen on deaf ears of the Presidency, as the Federal Government appears 

to be combat-ready in any slightest hint of conflicts of interests in southeastern Nigeria but appears powerless to the full-scale insurgency in Northern Nigeria, these two postures of Federal Government, being brutal in the Southeast and sluggish in the North, the two-faced behaviors of Federal authorities are the reason for secessionist turmoils in Middle belt, Southeast and Southwest regions.

Igbo leaders and Governors are not behind Ipob and are unhappy with the attacks on police formations and government facilities, but the happenings in southeastern Nigeria appear to be” the Hands of Esau and the voice of Jacob”, it’s sponsored solely to blackmail the southeast Presidency and portray that Igbos should not be trusted with political power in 2023, unfortunately for them, all anti-Igbo exponents are( unknowingly) playing a historical role in the fulfillment of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction 2023.

Mazi Okechukwu isiguzoro.

Secretary-General

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide