Biafra is nonsense, will never be – Joe Igbokwe, others tell agitators

Following the uprising agitation for Biafra, The Igbo Conscience (TIC), led by Barrister Monday Ubani, a former Chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, has dismissed the clamour for Biafra, asserting that the Igbo are better off in Nigeria.
The group said at a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday that the agitation for Biafra “is dubious. It is fraudulent.

“It is selfish and does not command the support of most Igbo. It is a non-event, inconsequential, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. For, it is proven that the Ndigbo are better off and will do better in a united and prosperous Nigeria.”
Also in attendance were, Joe Igbokwe, Mr. Clever Opara and Barrister Mrs. Nkechi Chukwueke.
TIC recalled that even the leader of the Biafra war, Late Col. Odimegu Ojukwu, had declared the Biafra agitation “not-feasible”, but can only exist as a “struggle of the mind”.
“We deplore the spirited attempt by some people to distort Nigeria’s history as it affects eminent Igbo elements.

“While it is possible for any Yoruba man or woman from any state in the South West to serve in any capacity in Lagos it is extremely difficult if not impossible for an Igbo from one Igbo state to work in another Igbo state.”
TIC blamed the Biafra clamour on some “economic refugees” living in Europe and America who engage in it as a way of mitigating the harsh economic realities in Nigeria.

“Most of them, with no known means of livelihood and drawing from the social benefits of their host countries, are in the lone business of fanning the embers of hatred, persecution and destruction in the name of supporting Biafra”, he stated.