The Pan Nigerian President of Igbo
Extraction Coalition PANPIEC has warned Ndigbo that they cannot be pursuing
Biafra and Nigerian presidency at the same time.
Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday with
cross section of church leaders during a concerned stakeholders meeting, the
Chairman of PANPIEC Igbo Presidency 2023 Strategy Team, Rev Obinna Akukwe said
that Ndigbo are prepared for 2023 elections but there is a vocal minority who
wants Biafra at all costs.
Allaying the fears of the concerned
clerics, especially from the north, that Peter Obi will declare Biafra if he
becomes president, Rev Akukwe said that the insinuations are unfounded.
Akukwe warned Ndigbo to stop all the
tales that Fulani have taken over South East. According to him
“I came back from the South East Peace Tour on Sunday, apart from about six communities having clashes with Fulani, two in Enugu State, one in IMO,Anambra, Abia and Ebony, which the security agencies are tackling, Fulani have not invaded South East"
He told the clerics that Igbo are
pushing for a president of South East extraction, but Atiku and Tinubu also
have stronghold.
He also warned the told Igbo clerics
at the meeting to stop spreading baseless WhatsApp messages connoting that
South East is under siege to their northern counterparts because no such siege
exists.
Rev Akukwe said that PANPIEC Igbo
Presidency Strategy Team, Igbo Mandate Congress IMC and Igbo Think Tank ITT are
engaging aspects of splinter IPOB for peaceful polls in the South East.
The clerics prayed for peace in
Nigeria and free polls and resolved to force their members to vote for their
choice candidates on the day.
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