Groups to march for true federalism IPOB

 

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Forty-two Igbo organi­zations are to march for restructuring of the Nigerian polity. The planned 5-million-man match will hold in the five South East states in the month of December 2015.
Disclosing this after a marathon meeting with Igbo Traders Organizations at the IYM Secretariat in Enugu this weekend, the founder of Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) Evang. Elliot Uko said the 13 marches for restructuring Nigeria will hold in Afikpo, Abakaliki, Nsukka, Enugu, Aba, Umuahia, Ohafia, Okig­we, Owerri, Orlu, Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka.
Uko said these peaceful marches would be led by the clergy and student groups in each of the cities and towns in the South East.
Asked to comment on the meeting of the South-east gov­ernors and Igbo leaders, Uko said the current developments are beyond political interest and considerations of any indi­vidual or office holder, main­taining that only the truth can save the situation and the truth is that Nigeria must be urgent­ly restructured in order to give all sections a sense of belong­ing and thereby enthroning true federalism without delay, stressing that any other solu­tion will not work.
“Sometime ago, an Igbo leader, who tried to super­impose a strange agenda on Ndigbo at Women Develop­ment Centre Abakaliki, failed woefully in that attempt, and was booed by Ndigbo who clearly rejected the third term agenda of his friend. That man is yet to recover his credibility till date, any Igbo leader who is willing to allow himself either to be induced or intimi­dated to shy away from the truth, will only destroy him­self. The truth of the situation is so clear that even the blind can see it. Only early return to true federalism will heal Ni­geria,” Uko said.
He spoke further: “I do not think any Igbo leader will be stupid enough to commit political suicide by trying to deny the truth; everybody knows the truth. Any attempt to impose scripted agenda on the people will only drive those leaders to irrelevance and self-destruction. Con­science is an open wound and only truth can heal it. I can tell you that Nigerians from other zones all agreed that only true federalism can save Nigeria, and delay is dangerous.”