An elder statesman and frontline businessman, Dr Chike Obidigbo, has flayed the Federal Authorities over plans to determine the Internally Displaced Individuals (IDP) Expertise acquisition camp at Nzu Neighborhood Ehime Mbano LGA, Amafor Neighborhood Ohaji Egbema LGA, and Agbala Neighborhood in Owerri North of Imo State.
Obidigbo, who spoke at his nation dwelling, Umunya, in Oyi Native Authorities Space of Anambra State, additionally known as on the Southeast Governors and stakeholders to withstand the plans.
A professional-Biafra group, the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra, IPOB, had, in a press release on Monday, described the mission as a part of an elaborate ominous plan by the Nigerian Authorities to dispossess the communities of their ancestral land and heritage.
IPOB can also be accusing the Federal Authorities of planning to import displaced individuals from the Northern a part of the nation, a distance of hundreds of kilometers away from their locality and homeland, into Imo State.
Reacting to the event, Obidigbo expressed fear over the choice to determine the power within the Southeast, the place there are not any displaced individuals, whereas states with severe safety challenges should not have such amenities.
Obidigbo accused the Nigerian Authorities of being solely within the desolation of Igboland, questioning why the power was being sited within the area after they by no means made such calls for.
Nonetheless, the previous Anambra Governorship aspirant expressed fear that Igbo stakeholders usually are not within the burning points regarding the area’s welfare.
He additionally bemoaned the silence of elders within the area relating to the marginalization of their folks, which he noticed resulted from intimidation, suppression, and an absence of avenues to air their grievances.
In his opinion, the folks of the Southeast should liberate themselves from oppression, as nobody may be extra fascinated by their welfare than themselves.
He advocated for Ndigbo to have a standard entrance for pursuing their collective agenda, harping on the necessity for them to de-emphasize the individualistic method, which had not improved their state of affairs.
“The Igbos should decide to the Igbo agenda. We should develop a unified method in direction of preventing for the rights of the area.
“It’s evident that the federal government on the centre is within the desolation of Igboland, contemplating its quite a few insurance policies and actions.
“Igbo elders should start to lend their voice to points affecting the Southeast area and never cower within the face of such confrontations due to intimidation or oppression,” he posited.
Obidigbo known as for intensified media motion in direction of the pursuit of the Igbo agenda.
He regretted that media professionals in Igboland had not utilized their commerce appropriately in defending and selling the Igbo agenda.
Noting that many youths of Igbo extraction had left Nigeria in droves for the surface world in a determined bid for a greener pasture, the businessman known as for correct orientation of the younger ones to be usefully engaged in issues that will make them higher residents tomorrow and never simply bequeathing wealth to them with out correct basis on the way to make the wealth themselves genuinely.
“Media is a veritable instrument that can be utilized to struggle all method of battles.
“Pen produces leaders. Biafra misplaced the struggle due to ineffective media. If it have been this social media period, the story would have been totally different.
“What we name the Nigeria-Biafra struggle needs to be correctly known as the British-Biafra struggle as a result of it was the British that fought the Igbo.
“Igbo have suffered. The efforts and dedication of Igbo media professionals can salvage the state of affairs.
“Different ethnic teams particularly these within the South West of Nigeria use the media to propagate the curiosity of the zone. However Ndigbo usually are not doing the identical.
“Igbo ought to use the media for his or her emancipation,“ he stated.
