South-East group blasts Ohanaeze Ndigbo, others over Nigerian Army human rights probe
- A south east group, the SouthEast Renewal Group (SERG) has accused Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a pan-Igbo socio-cultural group acting a selfish script from politicians.
- SERG condemned the group's comments over activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East region
- The group further accused Ohanaeze Ndigbo of being afraid of the exposure that would be made by the Nigerian Army board of inquiry
A south east group, the SouthEast Renewal Group (SERG) has accused Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a pan-Igbo socio-cultural group acting a selfish script from politicians.
SERG condemned the group's comments over activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East region.
Speaking in Enugu on Friday, March 10, SERG's president Charles Mbani said the Nigerian army has done well in restoring peace in the region.
Mbani said he is surprised the the Ohanaeze Ndigbo is scared of the special board of inquiry set up by the Nigerian army on allegations of human rights abuse against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
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Mbani said: "After several bad outings during which our youths are encouraged to confront and in some instances even kill military and security personnel, the Nigerian Army has set up a 7-Man Special Board of Inquiry to investigate if personnel of the Nigerian Army committed human right abuses in dealing with such violent outings and other areas where they have operated in Nigeria."
He further accused Ohanaeze Ndigbo of being afraid of the exposure that would be made by the board of inquiry.
He said: "To us in SERG this is something that should have shed ample light on what happened in those many unfortunate instances. But perhaps fearing the imminent exposure of Ohaneze as the hand pulling the strings of the IPOB and MASSOB puppet, Chief John Nnia Nwodo rushed to issue a statement to preempt the board and not minding exposing himself in ridiculous manner.
His argument is that one cannot be a judge in his own case as reported in a two page statement titled, "BURATAI, WITH RESPECT, YOU CANNOT BE A JUDGE IN YOUR OWN COURT. Not only did he take this position but he went on to declare that the inquiry cannot stand the test of objectivity and therefore it's outcome would not be acceptable to Ohaneze," Mbani said.
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He added that SERG is opposed to the use of violence or threat of violence against other Nigerians in pursuit of a better deal for the South-East.
"Instead of charting a new course that relies more on building alliances with other blocs for the purpose of advancing the Igbo interest he has rather lined the group he has been elected to lead behind insurrectionists, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
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"It is clear as no one was in doubt about the position of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo knowing well that it was this group that started IPOB and MASSOB as their militant wing in the first place using miserable people like Nnamdi Kanu and Ralph Nwazurike to pursue their fraudulent agenda. In the past, groups like these are what they use to court federal attention and they will go to the Presidency to negotiate bribes and contracts for themselves.
Unfortunately for them, President Muhammadu Buhari has not invited them to the Villa since the end of the groups has been seen by the Nigerian State," he said.
Source: Legit.ng
