PortHarcourt IPOB Killings: Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls on FG to set up

THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Federal Government to
set up a judicial inquiry into the Port- Harcourt killings of members
of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) saying that any curtailment
of the right of the citizens to freely associate and assemble for
lawful purpose is unconstitutional.
In a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday, signed by the
President- General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo (Junior) and
made available to NIGERIAN TRIBUNE, the Igbo union asked rhetorically
whether the IPOB demonstration was an unlawful assembly or did IPOB
require a police permit to demonstrate.
The group further asked, “Was IPOB violent in any manner that
threatened public peace and order? Does possession of Biafran flags
and coat of arms per se constitute conspiracy to commit treasonable
felony?
According to him, “any attempt to deal with demonstration of IPOB
in a manner different from treatment of Boko Haram members, Niger
Delta Avengers, Fulani Herdsmen and OPC will be discriminatory and
unfair”
“Given the serous national security implications of this
development, OHANAEZE would like Federal Government to appoint an
independent judicial inquiry into the killing of IPOB and MASSOB
members in Port-Harcourt” , the group added.
The Pan-Igbo noted that it had witnessed wanton massacres of
Nigerians in Benue and Southern Kaduna without s single arrest or
prosecution, adding that last year; several farmers were killed in
Nimbo in Enugu State by herdsmen without any arrest or prosecution.
“Does anyone truly expect Ndigbo to fold our hands and watch our
children massacred and incarcerated with such impunity? A dangerous
trend is emerging in our country. There are gathering storms of
conflict. A snitch in time saves nine. Government must do the needful
and set up an inquiry before overzealous law enforcement agents plunge
the country into chaos”, the apex body of Igbo socio-cultural
association concluded