Itsekiri nation disowns calls for creation of Biafra Republic
WARRI—THE Itsekiri ethnic
nationality of Warri, Delta State, has dissociated itself from the calls
for creation of a Biafra Republic out of Nigeria as being drummed by
some Igbo interest groups in the South-East.
The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILT, expressed the group’s concern
over the Igbo agitation yesterday in a statement by its Chairman, Pa
Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko.
The body is 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. As Major
General Philip Effiong said on January 14 1970, the Republic of Biafra
ceased to exist. We, the Itsekiri, wish it to be eternally so for the
peace and development of our great nation.”
