The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), the umbrella body of youth organisations in the South-East, has called on Governor Hope Uzodinma to prosecute Senator Rochas Okorocha for allegedly claiming possession of the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko.
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Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has advised the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to emulate the footsteps of late Biafra warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.
Iwuanyanwu, who spoke when the leadership of the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders conferred on him the award of its grand patron in Owerri, the Imo State capital, pointed out that Ojukwu listened to his people.
He said “Ojukwu did not ignore elders and he never declared Biafra on his own. It was the people from all walks of life – the academia, businessmen, civil and public servants – that called upon him to declare the state of Biafra and become its leader.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has counseled IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu to follow the footsteps of the late |
Learn From Yoruba Elders’ Support For Igboho, IPOB Lambasts Iwuanyanwu For Criticising Proscribed Group
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by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 25, 2021
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that the lives, investments and property of the people of southeastern Nigeria are already threatened, and that the outlawed group is only trying to salvage what is left.
IPOB said this in response to a statement credited to an Igbo elder statesman and businessman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and its followers were endangering the Igbo through their actions.
Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are endangering the lives, investments and properties of Igbos in Igboland and across Nigeria by their unguarded and provocative comments and actions.