The South East Governors’ Forum has announced the proscription of activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
Arising from its emergency coming together on Fri inwards Enugu, Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi requested the grouping together with other of such groups to articulate their grievances together with mail to the forum.
Umahi appealed to all governors inwards the zone to ensure compliance alongside the directive inwards their diverse states together with for the Federal Government to withdraw the troops inwards the zone.
Umahi said: “All activities of IPOB are, hereby, proscribed. IPOB together with all other aggrieved groups are advised to articulate their seat on all national issues.
“Such should last submitted to the commission of governors, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo together with National Assembly members from the South East zone through the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum,” he said.
The Ebonyi governor said that the forum believed inwards the unity together with indivisibility of the set down together with reinforced their want for the restructuring of the country.
“We reinforce our want for the restructuring of Nigeria where all national issues volition last discussed together with amicably settled to accomplish jurist together with fairness to every Nigerian.
“Accordingly, nosotros appeal to President Muhammad Buhari to, please, withdraw the state of war machine inwards the South East zone, land constabulary perform their traditional purpose of maintaining law together with order,” he said.
Umahi said that the forum was inwards deport upon alongside their northern counterparts “who cause got assured us of the security of our people living inwards the due north together with nosotros cause got too planned for telephone substitution of visits to reinforce confidence.
“We wishing to assure Nigerians that amount investigation is ongoing on all allegations of killings, maiming together with other unlawful behaviour inwards the zone inside this period,” he said.
He said that appropriate actions would last taken against those establish culpable.
Umahi said that governors inwards the zone had taken adequate measures to protect the lives together with belongings of indigenes together with non-indigenes together with urged northern governors to create same inwards their respective states.
“We propose all residents of the zone to larn well-nigh their normal businesses every bit governments of each province is committed to protecting everybody,“ he said.
The governor said that all those invited for the coming together were acquaint except the leadership of IPOB that sent inwards their apologies.
At the coming together were governors of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi together with Enugu land Imo was represented past times the deputy governor.
Other notable personalities that attended the coming together were the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar together with the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo.
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