The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has expressed excitement with the capacity of Ndigbo to be united in a common cause like the ongoing hardship protest, which they unanimously boycotted across the country.
By the action, “Ndigbo are becoming wise with deep sense of history as regards the national politics,” the national President General, Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka noted in a statement issued on day three of the protest.
Igboayaka said the action was commendable because all the efforts “Ndigbo made to make Nigeria work was misinterpreted or seen as antagonistic.”
He observed, “Any political step of Ndigbo looks suspicious to those cohabiting with the Igbos. Ndigbo are most suspected tribe in Nigeria. Yet those who are suspecting and not comfortable with Ndigbo have not joined the call for Referendum in Nigeria or support Ndigbo to secede.”
According to the OYC leader, expecting Ndigbo to join the protest is not borne out of love, but a conspiracy to lure them to needless bloodbath and urged them to resist the temptation to join the protest.
He said, “No tribe have cried or lamented for Ndigbo apart from 2024 “Hunger Protest” when they remember to cry and lament why Igbos are not joining the protest, but Ndigbo have been protesting, marginalized, maimed, killed and with worst part of justice, while other tribes stand in akimbo and watch.
“But unfortunately today, they are lamenting because Ndigbo shunned Nationwide protest.” Igboayaka however declared that the silence of Ndigbo was also a form of protest.
He advised protesters to shun violence even as he appealed to President Bola Tinubu to ensure adequate protection of lives and property of Ndigbo across the country.
He also reminded President Tinubu that after three years in DSS custody, Ndigbo were eagerly waiting for the release of Nnamdi Kanu by his orders.
