South-East Assembles Igbo Lawyers To Sue Nigerian Govt, Demand Additional State, Trillions Of Naira Lost Through Imbalance

The President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has revealed that South-East will sue the Nigerian government over the marginalisation of the zone in the state creation.

Iwuanyanwu, who disclosed this on Wednesday, at a one-day retreat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo tagged “Ako bu ije” held in Enugu, reiterated his call for the southeast to be given additional state.

Lamenting that the region has lost trillions of Naira due to this imbalance, Iwuanyanwu said it was unfair for the northwest to have seven states while other regions have six states and the southeast is left with only five.

"A team of Igbo lawyers are being assembled to drag the federal government to court to ask for extra state and also demand the trillions of Naira Igbos have lost because they’ve lesser number of states," he said.

On the call for the amendment of the 1999 constitution, the Ohanaeze chief said that Igbos support the dissolution of power and allocations to be shared between the federal and state governments alone and for every region to develop at its pace in their various local government areas.

According to him, they support the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in January 2018 known as “Awka Declaration”.

"So no constitutional amendment can be made without bringing Igbos to par with other regions in state creation," he said.

Speaking on other issues affecting Ndịgbo, he said that efforts were being made to stop the hawking of awards with the names of late prominent Igbo sons.

He also issued a stern warning to those who have turned the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo into a money-making venture and assured that he will use everything he has to protect the integrity of Igbos, adding that he won’t allow rascals to destroy what Igbos stand for.

In his speech, the chairman of the occasion and former military Governor of the old Anambra and the old Imo states, Admiral Allison Madueke said it was time for Igbo people to take a step backwards and rebuild the movement because any movement without tact will fail.

The former Chief of Naval Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces added that Igbo people need to ask themselves where they missed their step and begin to make amends to achieve better results.

In a communique issued at the end of the retreat, the Igbo leaders resolved that Ndigbo have the enormous human and natural potential to initiate a “made-to-fit” regional development agenda that aligns with the current global reality; but also observed that Ndigbo had not exploited the opportunistic media space to identify the power centres in the region and galvanise them for collective action.

The communique reads in part, "The various specialized Ohanaeze Committees were therefore urged to swing into action to ensure the realization of the new Igbo agenda in sync with 21st Century socio-economic realities.

"The Igbo leaders also resolved that insecurity in the Southeast is a major hindrance to the development of the region and urged the southeast governors, security agencies and civil society organizations to redouble efforts in the security sector.

“The general consensus here is that the provision of security will unlock our great potential, especially in agriculture. The Retreat also resolved to intensify its drive for the unconditional release of the detained leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

"The Igbo leaders emphasized the imperative of collaboration between Ohanaeze leadership and Igbo Governors for the realization of Ala-Igbo Transformation Agenda.

“The retreat also harped on the capacity of Ndigbo for self-sufficiency in food production and urged the Igbo Governors to key into this vision and also ensure tight security in the region to earn the confidence of intending investors.

"The Igbo leaders also endorsed the proposed N10 billion Naira Endowment Fund from the Igbo in the Diaspora to give Ohanaeze a reasonable degree of financial stability."

kestolove95:
Slave want to sue master

DeepThroater:


You see your life.

The new states must be carved out from your ancestral lands .


Let me tell you something , old eastern Nigerian is dead and buried.


Focus on your five states .

I know if we leave you to it you can carve each and every local government to a state like you do with your autonomous kingdom rubbish.

This call by Ohaneze is to annex lands outside your Ibo enclave and nothing more.


I sha don't blame you.

It's only the north that understands how to communicate with you using Pavlovian tactics.

DeepThroater:


You see your life.

The new states must be carved out from your ancestral lands .


Let me tell you something , old eastern Nigerian is dead and buried.


Focus on your five states .

I know if we leave you to it you can carve each and every local government to a state like you do with your autonomous kingdom rubbish.

This call by Ohaneze is to annex lands outside your Ibo enclave and nothing more.


I sha don't blame you.

It's only the north that understands how to communicate with you using Pavlovian tactics.

kestolove95:
Slave want to sue master

kestolove95:
Slave want to sue master

DeepThroater:
It will be in the line of equity if the SE region is granted an extra state from their existing five states but in this case , the agitators are looking at carving either from Delta or Rivers .

It's a land grab .


Let them point to us from their own existing states were a new state can be carved out but they won't. It's either Rivers or Delta .

Now this is paradoxical because even in their root villages they are plagued with seccionism in the form of so-called Autonomous community. I can tell you that if they wanted a hundred states from their five existing states they will be pushing for it given the autonomous community syndrome that plagued them. Instead this clamour for a 6th state steps right out of their existing boundaries.

Normally I will object to this but the dynamics of unchecked migration by these people into Delta north especially Asaba has totally disturbed the peace and sanctity of Delta state and looks eerily similar to how the misguided generation of Delta Ibos during the dark years presiding the coup sided with Enugu instead of their fraternal brothers in old Bendel.

I believe this calls for deep retrospection because the harmony Delta enjoys now is sitting on a keg only compared to that we'd suffered during the civil war.

Now just imagine the audacity of these idiots demanding trillions .

This is based on lost revenue from sitting on Delta north and Rivers .

Banzas.

DeepThroater:


The truth is bitter.

I know you guys more than you know yourselves.

This is another Biafra lite .

Come and carve your 6th state from SS.

We dey wait una

Cyberterror:
The south east don't need another state. They are already cheating other regions with their five tiny states that can collectively fit into one state in other regions. For example, the 5 states can all fit into Oyo state. Niger state can swallow those five states, five times. Igbos think they can outsmart others with this ridiculous demand of a sixth state, it is just a ploy to cry marginalization in order to get more patronage from the federal government. If there is a new state that needs to be created in Nigeria, it is only Southern Kaduna, at least to compensate the Gbagyi for taking FCT from them.

ottersberger:


How could one man harbor so much hate inside him. And I dey share one country with dis one?. Oh, and while you're at it, don't forget to breathe, before you choke on your own bile. Jeez!.