Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has called on the members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to publicly or secretly apologize to South East governors over accusation that they brought the military, Operation Python Dance to Igbo land.
OYC was reacting to a Communique issued by the South East governors forum at the end of their meeting yesterday in Enugu, where they denied involvement in the Military operation that took place on September, 2017.
ABACITYBLOG reported that the governors also reached a resolution and agreed to ban herdsmen movement and their cattle across the five eastern states.
However, OYC in a statement signed by Mazi okechukwu isiguzoro, obtained by ABACITYBLOG, lauded the governors for their efforts and urged IPOB to apologize the governors for peaceful co existence.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide observed that the resolutions of the expanded meeting of South East Governors and Security Agents and Stakeholders in Enugu over the weekend, are timely response to deal decisively on the issues of insecurity brewing from suspected activities of Herdsmen and checkmating other forms of criminalities being perpetuated under the guise of Cattle movement from one Community to another Community resulting to destruction of farm crops, raping igbo mothers and daughters, kidnapping through murderous Herdsmen nefarious activities.
“Igbo Youths will now deal decisively any erring pastoralists caught up trespassing from one Community to another by cattle Conveyance by foot, and Urge Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria to educate their members of the consequences and implications of being caught, Urge the Youths to handover to security agents any pastoralists caught.
“South East Governors had been absolved and vindicated of any involvement in the last operation Python Dance(s) by the security agents, this put to an end the suspicion brewing in some quarters alleged by IPOB, which had threatened the peaceful atmosphere of the South East, now that South East Governors are cleared by Security Agents, IPOB should openly or secretly apologize to the South East Governors and change tactics in their modus operandi for peaceful co existence.
“We equally Urge the newly inaugurated South East Security Committee led Maj. Gen Abel Obi Umahi, to engage the existing neighbourhood watch across 95 LGAs of South East and return the dreaded bakassi vigilante groups to compliment the effort of security agents who may compromise when dealing with issues bothering on Herdsmen/farmers clash because of tribal sentiments.
“We Urge the South East Governors to interface with President Muhammadu Buhari during their proposed Visit to him and Security chiefs on issues of his unfulfilled 2015 electoral promise of revamping the Enugu coal mine, which had been moribund for the past 46 Year nows, the implementation of the approval of rehabilitation of some Federal Roads in the South East by the last Federal Executive Council, especially Expansion/dualization of Aba-ikot ekpene-Calabar Road, Abaomege/ Ugep road, Umuahia-ikot Expene Road, Owerri/Umuahia Express Road, Ideato/Okigwe Road, and speedy completion of Enugu pH Express Road(especially Aba-Ph axis), Completion of Onitsha/Enugu Express Road,2nd Niger Bridge, and issues uncleared on insecurity in the region.
“We will not entertain any flimsy excuse from Ministry of Aviation on the re opening of Akanu ibiam Enugu Airport by December which is under renovation, We Urge the Hon Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Abubakar to upgrade the facilities in the Airport to meet up with the standard of an international Airport with night landing facilities, as it will be a legacy Project of President Muhammadu Buhari under his ministry to see that night activities resume in Enugu Airport during the re opening of Enugu Airport by first week of December, so that international flights that uses night landing facilities can convey Igbos returning for Xmas vacation to connect to Enugu from any part of the World,We thank the South Governors and Security Agents and FAAN for the palliative and security measures to easy out inconvenience and makes route safe from Mbakwe Airport Owerri.
