- The Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) alleges that there is an impending genocide against the Igbos living in northern Nigeria
The OYC accuses northern youths of falsifying history to justify the hatred for the Igbos in the minds of their people
- The group tells the National Assembly to refrain from making any further constitutional amendment without an option for referendum
The Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has appealed to the United Nations for protection of the Igbo people residing in the Northern part of Nigeria.
The youths in a letter it title: A Call For Emergency In Nigeria: Our Two-Point Tow Point Demand, alleged that there was an impending genocide against the elves in the north by the northern elites who were acting under the disguise of Arewa Youths.
The letter was signed by the group's national president, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike (National secretary) Amb Arthur Obiora (Dep National President) Engr Obinna Adobe (National Publicity Secretary), Daily Post reports.
The OYC copied the acting president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the United States Embassy in Nigeria, the UK Embassy, the Commonwealth, the Amnesty International, among others in the letter.
The group faulted a letter to the northern youths. It was written for Osinabjo recently, accusing the northern youths of falsifying history to justify the hatred for the Igbos in the minds of their people.
The OYC called on the National Assembly to refrain from making any further constitutional amendment without an option for referendum.
It also called on the UN to mount international pressure on Nigeria to accede to its demand for referendum.
See the full letter below:
CALL FOR EMERGENCY IN NIGERIA- OUR TWO-POINT DEMAND
"It is with great concern that we alert the international community of the looming genocide against the Igbos in the Northern part of Nigeria, occasioned by well-orchestrated, carefully thought-after plot by the Northern hierarchy, who are hiding under the Arewa Youths .
Their latest ranting, which they packaged a letter to the Acting President has left no one in doubt as to their motive: THE GRAND DESIGN TO ANNIHILATE THE IGBO RACE. This, they want to achieve so easily through the well packaged false history, which they have now dished out to gullible minds in order to create a passion hatred for the Igbos in the minds of their people and Our people
"How else could one justify their attempt to stab history in the back by labeling the first military coup in Nigeria as an Igbo coup? How else could people twist history than their justify the pogrom against the Igbos between 1966 and 1967, which eventually led to the civil war? In what measure can one justify the insult on our late leaders, in the persons of Late Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi and Late Col. Chukwuemeka Odumewgu Ojukwu?
"In Igbo land, we have not only respect the elders, but more so for the dead and it is for that purpose that we chose not to go further into this matter. Truth can not be changed. Owelle of Onitsha, Nnamdi Azikiwe. We have a lot of work to do, but we do not know what to do.
"To also justify their planned killing of every Igbo man remaining with the Biafra agitation amounts to hypocrisy of the highest magnitude." We may remind them for a decade now, the Boko Haram did not just declare war on the Nigerian State but has gone ahead To seize territories, killed thousands of thousands, and rendered millions homeless, yet nobody has branded it an action signed by the entire North.Also, like the Arewa Youths pointed out in their hypocritical letter, the Biafra agitators have their demand for self-determination found In which the Boko Haram derives its own right to be engaging in mass murder?
"Our point here, however, is not on the propriety or otherwise of the attempt by Boko Haram to take over every Nigerian Nigeria territory or the Biafra agitation, but the difficult attempt by the Arewa Youths to link every Igbo man with the activities of the IPOB. If it is so, suffice it to say that all of them are members of the Boko Haram sect.
"We also state that contrary to their claims that they were being accommodated in every part of the country, our people have continued to be killed like chickens, especially in the North, without justifiable reason. The case of Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, a pastor's wife, who was murdered in cold blood will speak against these youths. The manner her case was muzzled by the Kano State Government will make her blood to cry forever against her shameless murderers.
"We, therefore, alert our attention to another impending massacre of the Igbos, especially with thick rumors of arms being stockpiled in the North in readiness for action. It is even more painful considering undenied claims that some security personnel were aiding the smuggling of these sophisticated arms through the porous land borders in the North.
"Suffice it to say, Sir, that the life of our people are now at a great risker. It seems that the pogrom of the 60s is here to repeat itself again. There are indications that they are only waiting for the whistle to be blown for them to unleash another round of terror on our people.
"Giving the above, we urge the United Nations to beam its satellite on the Northern Nigeria ahead of any eventuality that may befall our people. Considering the way the security agencies have handled these endless threats, it is unlikely that they will protect our people when these marauders will strike.
"Secondly and very importantly, having seen that Igbos have remained the victims of this marriage called Nigeria, despite our sacrifices, we demand that the on-going constitutional amendment will not be acceptable should it make provision for a referendum. It is high time people are given freedom to decide whether they want to remain in a country where they are not loved, not wanted but hated with passion.
The National Assembly should make no mistake of undertaking any further constitutional amendment without an option for referendum, this is the only way to go and we urge the United Nations to mount all necessary international pressures on Nigeria to effect that very much needed amendment. "
24repoters.com recalls that despite the fact that three months have passed since Igbo by Arewa Youth Consultations Forum (AYCF), the Coalition of Northern Youths wrote the letter to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, begging him to allow Ndigbo To go and have their Biafra Republic.
In a statement sent to 24repoters.com , to Facebook user, Yazid Ahmed said the group lauded the peace and conflict resolution being done by the Acting President, but noted that it doubted the efficacy of it in bringing a lasting solution to the problem in Question rocking the nation at present.
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