Kanu Blasts Northern Elders Over Comments Against Ndigbo

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) , Nnamdi Kanu, has slammed recent comments by the Northern Elders Forum that the Igbos are the worst perpetrators of violence against Northerners.

Kanu claimed the allegation was made by the Northern elders to justify more attacks on  the Igbo and their interests in other parts of the country.

Eko Hot Blog had earlier reported that NEF Chairman, Ango Abdullahi had at a town hall meeting in Port Harcourt  with Northerners living in Rivers State, alleged that Northerners came off worse in the wake of the #EndSARS protests which witnessed a measure of madness and mayhem in some parts of the country.

Kanu, in a statement on Thursday by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful,   questioned if the Igbos  were “responsible for the daily carnage and progrom committed by Boko Haram,  killer herdsmen, Ansaru, ISWAP, ISIS and bandits in the North.

The statement reads in part:  ”May we therefore, ask Alhaji Ango Abdullahi and his co-travelers: between the Igbo and Fulani jihadists, who are terror inclined? Who among the two tribes have violence, terrorism and killing without provocation in their DNA?

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“Which of the two tribes harbour and have sympathy for the six most dangerous terrorist groups in the world – Boko Haram, killer herdsmen, Ansaru, ISWAP, ISIS, bandits? Are the Igbo the perpetrators of the daily carnage and pogrom committed by these vampires in the North.

“Were the Igbo behind the burning of car shops in Abuja and the looting of Igbo businesses in Lagos during the #EndSARS protests? ”

Kanu also stated that the betrayal of former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the northerners is what has enmeshed the north in its current security crisis.

“The little snake nurtured by the North in their desperation to blackmail ex-President Jonathan out of power has become a python, and they are now looking for Ndigbo to blame instead of solving the problem they created.

“Ango Abdullahi should tell the world how many times any act of terror has been linked to any Igbo or Biafran, whether within or outside Nigeria. Northern elders and their Southern slaves should leave Ndigbo and Biafrans out of their ordeal.”

Kanu  described Ndigbo as hospitable people who were unfortunately the most victimised tribe in the country.

He added: ”It needs no proof that Ndigbo are the most hospitable, but unfortunately, the most victimised tribe in Nigeria. They are the victims of unprovoked killings and destruction of property in Nigeria often masterminded by the caliphate and their foot soldiers.”