Biafra: ‘Buhari Should Reverse IPOB Ban’ – Prof. Ben Nwabueze



The federal government has been urged to revise its proscription of
the Nnamdi Kanu-led pro-Biafra group, the Indigenous Peoples of
Biafra (IPOB).

Foremost constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, who made the
call, also urged the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other prominent leaders to
liaise with the governors of the south eastern states to pressurise the
federal government to rescind the proscription order on the
organisation.

Nwabueze made the disclosure during a closed-door meeting he had
with the president general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo
and IPOB in Ogbaru, Anambra state.

The pro-Biafran group had, in the meeting, asked the federal
government to rescind the proscription order on it.
Addressing newsmen after the meeting, which he described as fruitful,
Nwabueze said, “IPOB’s major worry is to get the federal government
to lift its proscription order on them. We have promised to liaise with
the state governors to do so in a later meeting that will hold on
August 8.”

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other leaders of the zone had resolved to hold
a meeting with South East governors to put pressure on the federal
government to lift the proscription on IPOB.”
Nwabueze, who revealed that the meeting also deliberated on the 2019
general elections and the Igbo interest in the presidency, said the
South-East was not interested in the presidency of the country.
“The primary need of Ndigbo now is restructuring, not Igbo
presidency. We want a restructured Nigeria; that is the only way we
can get what we want and every zone would be satisfied. If Nigeria is
restructured, that will go a long way to satisfy our demands.

“We don’t want Igbo presidency. As the country is today, we cannot
get anything until Nigeria is restructured. We can begin to talk about
Igbo presidency only when Nigeria is restructured,” he posited.
Expressing worry over the increasing rate of disunity in the country,
the constitutional lawyer explained that the essence of the gathering
was to make everyone understand the need for peace to reign.
His words, “Leaders can only succeed if their followers are with them.
We will not be united if followers are disenchanted with the leadership.
There is trouble in Nigeria; we do not know what will happen in future
but we can predict and we know there is a problem.

“We love Nigeria but the leaders of the nation are not doing the right
thing. We are not in control of anything in Nigeria; it is for this reason
that we need to come together and be united.
“We have no control of anything in Nigeria and if we lose control of
ourselves, we are finished and we will not let it happen while we are
alive.”

An insider in the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told
our correspondent that all the parties in the meeting agreed that the
Igbo would not field any presidential candidate in the 2019 general
elections.

“Prof. Nwabueze just consolidated on the previous peace meeting
between Ohanaeze and IPOB, which held in Enugu some months back.
It is necessary to consolidate on the existing peace between both
groups as a way of forging a common front among the Igbo,” the
source said.
Also in the meeting were a former Dean, Church of Nigeria, Most Rev
Maxwell Anikwenwa, and a counsel for IPOB, Mr Aloy Ejimakor.

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