Succession: Ohanaeze distances self from Biafra, slams Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has again distanced the group from the planned Biafra succession movement being spirited by IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his conspirators.

The General President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, who made the position on the group on the planned Biafra succession known, slammed Nnamdi Kanu, and his cohorts for creating bad blood between the Igbos and other Nigerians who now see them as secessionist.

Professor Obiozor who was speaking at the grand reception in his honour by Ndigbo in Lagos, maintained that the Igbo nation was not at war with Nigeria.

He however, called called for the restructuring of the country stressing that restructuring would address the issue of hostile contacts among Nigerians and reduce tensions.

“The greatest affliction of man is insecurity. With insecurity, nothing happens that is positive. Among Igbo, one of the challenges we are faced with is security threat both within the Igbo zone and within the country as a whole,” he said.

“The Igbo nation is not at war with Nigeria and we are not intending to go into war or demand a separate existence from Nigeria. So Igbo are not secessionists.

“Concerning the problems and the fingers pointed at Igbo because of Nnamdi Kanu, Nnamdi is our son and he must listen to us! The future of Biafra is well beyond the capacity of young men.

“Everybody should stop utterances or actions that will or have the tendencies to put Ndigbo in present and immediate danger. That is what my message is in this matter.

“Biafra requires mature and experience handling and not a child’s play. Children should stop playing with fire and children shouldn’t play with fire. Nnamdi Kanu is one of us. He is our son and he must listen to some of us because he’s one of us,” the former Nigerian ambassador to the United States added.