Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo, has warned
the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to stop threatening the former Chief of Army
staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, or face the wrath of Ndigbo.
The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Anambra State chapter, Elder
Chris Eluemunoh, stated this in reaction to the comment by NEF threatening to
drag Ihejirika to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague for
alleged extra-judicial killings.
NEF had penultimate week in a communique signed by its spokesman,
Professor Ango Abdullahi, accused Ihejirika and six others for alleged
extra-judicial killings and strangulation of civilians by soldiers in Bama and
Giwa Barracks in Borno State using an underground detention centre.
But the Anambra Ohanaeze chief in an interview with newsmen in
Awka, the Anambra State capital, described the threat as “an empty threat,”
stressing that any attempt by anybody to touch Ihejirika would be resisted with
maximum force by Ndigbo.
He said “but if they try it, they will meet fire. We have records
of atrocities perpetrated on the people of this side of the country by the
northerners and we chose to keep quiet in the interest of our dear country. But
let them try anything funny, then they will see Ndigbo in their true colour.”
On the stand of Ndigbo on the 2015 presidential
race, Eluemunoh said, “we are not thinking of an Igbo president in 2015. Our
stand is that Ndigbo will support Jonathan for a second term.”
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General ihejirika has no case to ans and igbo shld 4get about d useless and senseless group from d north calling 4 d head of d army chief. As a yoruba man I totally support ihejirika's military action. d north shld rather to federal govt to icc instead and mind u we're talking of terrorism here, they're terrorist.
ReplyDeleteThe Northern Elders Forum are willing to go to the Internation Court. What of the blood of Christians, southerners, igbos shed of the years in d north. ' Those that come to justice, must come with clean hands
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 9:00am God'll bless yu me too am nt ndigbo am a Yoruba bt I lik d way yu reason sum people can't tink lik dat if we've people dat can reason lik yu in north and all over Nigeria we won't b suffering lik dis. God'll help us all. Tnk yu.
ReplyDeleteYou must really have a bad heart. Its not everything you must Comment. You are so bittered about the whole even when you know our brothers,fathers and elders have disappoint us. They practise gay while our woman practise lebians. Please brother we don't have to defend our tribe. We are not better. All the years, our brothers have been ruling. What do we have for it. Nothing but hatre and Boko Haram that is killing us now. We need to think, God does not make mistake.Nigeria is for all of us, north, south, west and east. We all have our individual potential. God bless Nigeria and bless especially you my brother to see what i see. We need peace and not hate.
ReplyDeletei trust my igbo...there is no how grasshoppers will fight giants..its impossible ..d igbo's are d giant.i trust anambra..
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