The Itsekiri ethnic nationality of Delta State has dissociated itself
from the calls for creation of a country, Biafra Republic out of Nigeria
as being drummed by some Igbo interest groups in the South.
The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILT, expressed the group’s concern over the Igbo agitation in a statement on Tuesday by its Chairman, Pa Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko. The leaders say they are very disturbed that the proposed Biafra Republic as widely reported in the social media includes the whole of Delta State.
The statement stressed: “We recall with pains the day the defunct Biafran Army invaded Warri and Benin in the then Midwest Region on August 9, 1967. Never again will the Itsekiri tolerate such invasion. The Itsekiri nation is committed to the unity of Nigeria and will do all it can to promote and protect it as one indivisible country.
The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILT, expressed the group’s concern over the Igbo agitation in a statement on Tuesday by its Chairman, Pa Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko. The leaders say they are very disturbed that the proposed Biafra Republic as widely reported in the social media includes the whole of Delta State.
The statement stressed: “We recall with pains the day the defunct Biafran Army invaded Warri and Benin in the then Midwest Region on August 9, 1967. Never again will the Itsekiri tolerate such invasion. The Itsekiri nation is committed to the unity of Nigeria and will do all it can to promote and protect it as one indivisible country.
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