IPOB to Victor Attah - Biafra is not Igbo affairs
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra ( IPOB) has chided former Governor Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State over his remarks allegedly describing the agitation for Biafra autonomy as an Igbo affair.
IPOB, in a press statement issued by its Media and Publicity Officer, Emma Powerful, strongly condemned the former governor for the comment, insisting that Biafra is never an Igbo affair but the collective will of different ethnic nationalities in the South-East and South-South regions.
IPOB, in a press statement issued by its Media and Publicity Officer, Emma Powerful, strongly condemned the former governor for the comment, insisting that Biafra is never an Igbo affair but the collective will of different ethnic nationalities in the South-East and South-South regions.
According to IPOB, “Attah is either being economical with the truth or is ignorant of the history of Biafra, hence the unfortunate remarks”.
“This man did not know that the last President of Biafra, late Major Gen Philip Effiong came from the present Akwa Ibom State and was second in command to late Gen Eme¬ka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
“Again, he did not understand that the word bight of Biafra which is in Bonny Ireland in Rivers State was changed to Bight of Bonny in 1972 after the genocidal war against the people of Eastern region of Nigeria in 1970.
IPOB further explained that Igbo are just like any other tribe in Biafra, adding that anyone branding the struggle for Biafra as Igbo affair is doing so at his own detriment.
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