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The Conference of Presidents-General of Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities (CPGNDEN) has upbraided the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for hitting at elder statesman and Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, over his position that the region is not part of Biafra.

This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the President of CPGNDEN, Prof. Benjamin Okaba in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Okaba, who is the President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), described as “insulting and inflammatory” the comments of IPOB through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful.

The pro-Igbo group was reported to have berated Clark for saying that the Niger Delta would not be in the Republic of Biafra, insisting that he could not speak for the people of the region.

But Okaba, who teaches Sociology at the Federal University, Otuoke, called on the leadership of the Igbo nation to caution members of IPOB over the “callous and offensive attacks on Pa Clark.”

He said the organization was not opposed to any groups’ quest for self-determination or secession in the country, but would not allow the region to be annexed by any secessionist plot.

The CPGNDEN chief said, “We duly respect the right of people to self-determination or secession as the case may be, but would at the same time resist any attempt that would forcefully carve out an inch of our land through any instrumentality, including the distortion of well-known historical and empirical facts, into any secessionist agenda.

“Pa Clark spoke our mind, position and disposition on the matter. He did not say anything new but merely reiterated the position taken and expressed earlier, individually and collectively, by the different ethnic nationalities and groups in the region. You cannot have a man’s hair shaved in his absence.

“We advise the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to call their people to order to avoid a repeat of such disrespectful act.”

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Lol. Everyone avoiding IPOB. IPOB dun suffer

Who come be these ones? Oboi association plenty pass population for this country.

Pls speak for you tribe,you don't have mandate over igbos in Delta,rivers and akwa ibom,or efik,ibibio,annang etc,you are from ijaw,speak for ijaw alone.

What yeye group is talking trash again? When it comes to Igbos, d so-called niger-deltans will become Lions, but fulani has been showing them pepper since time immemorial, yet, not one of ds silly groups have stood up to them.

Is it Igbo that's taking their 30% PIB to go and look for oil in a barren land? Why transferring der aggression on ipob?

Small thing about Clarke, and unknown groups are crawling out from different holes, where they have been cowering, and flaring up.

It has always been easy to use these niger-deltans, cause myopic people who are incapable of critical thinking always turn up to make themselves leaders of the SS region. Small brown envelope, and they are already selling themselves and even adding jara to the fulanis.

Anyway, a referendum will settle all d madness, let those who want to keep staying with fulani, get their wishes. Rvbbish.

Igbo's boss have spoken

Yoruba muslims keep writing. To us, all your written articles against IPOB are rubbish.

Problem no dey finish.

edochie12, AntiBMC, I wonder why shame no dey catch una

Another mumu and hungry group. Where were they when northern reps were passing 30% for the north and 3% for them. Even the north included themselves in the 3%. Rubbish
Next idiotic group jor

BiafIntel:
Yoruba muslims keep writing. To us, all your written articles against IPOB are rubbish.

so president Okaba is now a yoruba man abi?? ignorantly living in self denial will bring disaster you never expected on biafra struggle and wasted all ipob efforts..... Okaba is the president of Ijaw nation that championed Ijaw republic recently..

Thoh:
so president Okaba is now a yoruba man abi?? ignorantly living in self denial will bring disaster you never expected on biafra struggle and wasted all ipob efforts..... Okaba is the president of Ijaw nation that championed Ijaw republic recently..

President of ijaw nation. When did ijaw bcome a nation

History555:


President of ijaw nation. When did ijaw bcome a nation

truth...only the olodos in ibo land follow kanu .... well let me schooled you..... nation is the other name for ethnic or tribe..... every tribe has it president... obiozor is the president of igbo nation...

Emma Powerful would soon show these people why they're not fit to discuss weighty issues.
Igbos have no kings but fellowships. But if you attack the sacred ideas of that fellowship, leave am. You'll know that they don't regard gods either.