The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has expressed its outrage over the recent attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by former militant leader, Asari Dokubo.
The Igbo group is urging President Bola Tinubu to ignore the likes of Dokubo and instead invite Kanu for a round table discussion.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he accused Dokubo of being sponsored by individuals who want to destabilize President Tinubu’s government.
Okwu said, “We have always known Asari Dokubo as a rabble-rouser who is not interested in the progress and prosperity of this nation. This is a man who had been in the creeks for years sabotaging the country’s economy. We all know what it is to sabotage the economy of a country – what other crime could be more than this?
“But curiously, the same man who claims to have repented, even when his boys are still in the creeks, has the temerity to brand Nnamdi Kanu a criminal. When did Asari Dokubo become a court of competent jurisdiction to decide who is a criminal? He has only taken his hatred for Ndigbo too far.”
The Igbo group is urging President Tinubu to ignore Dokubo and his cohorts “who are not in any way interested in the positive future of the country but rather seek selfish gains.
“Mr. President made it clear that he is ready to unite the fragmented country he inherited from the past administration and he has been much applauded for this. We urge Mr. President to go ahead and not allow his administration to be derailed by hypocrites like Asari Dokubo, who want to feed fat from any form of crisis in the country. Mr. President should be wary of him and his sponsors, who are enemies of the government,” the statement said.
The statement also admonished Dokubo to “desist from any further attempts to use Nnamdi Kanu’s ordeal to promote his personal interests. Enough is enough; we warn him to henceforth stop using Ndigbo as an avenue to promote his ego. Everyone knows he has personal issues with Nnamdi Kanu.”
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide believes that the Federal Government should invite and engage Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators, as they are fighting for justice and to address marginalization. They argue that if the government could engage members of Boko Haram, who have killed and maimed numerous people, then engaging the agitators shouldn’t be a challenge.
“Mr. President is one of those who vehemently fought in favor of democracy and justice in the past; he should give a listening ear to Nnamdi Kanu,” the group emphasized.
