Apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on the South-East governors to search for lasting solutions for the cessation and termination of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)’s sit-at-home.

The group, in a statement by its secretary-general, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the call had become necessary “since they now blame the delinquents and criminals for hijacking the exercise of sit-at-home.

The group also accused the governors and senators “since it’s obvious that men of the underworld have taken advantage of IPOB’s miscalculations to unleash terrorist raids and onslaughts against Ndigbo.”

Ohanaeze said drastic measures are needed to arrest “this shameless activity that has paralysed the academic, economic and social activities in the South-East, (in which) the governors should know that posterity will be unkind and unfair to them if they concede to circumstances of sit-at-home and didn’t confront the hyper-dreaded monster called IPOB’s sit-at-home squarely.”

The group added that no Igbo Governor or senator deserves to seek election in 2023, “if they lacked the balls to stamp out the disgraceful activities that had ridiculed Southeastern Nigerians, who are known as the best black entrepreneurs and business merchants across the globe.”
“We are compelled by the evidence of insubordination before us, to advise that the South-East governors should sack and dismiss all major markets leadership in their respective states, or give them an ultimatum to quit adherence to the observation of sit-at-home.

“All markets in the South-East are instrumental in helping the governors to end the absurdity of madness called the IPOB’s sit-at-home because the structure of most influencers of sit-at-home is amongst the market leadership in the South-East, and any day they pull out of the secessionist crusade, it will collapse like pack of cards.”

Ohanaeze added, “Those senators trying to acquit and absolve IPOB from the sit-at-home declaration are doing so because of their governorship ambitions in 2023, not for the benefit of the people. IPOB should accept the fact that they illegally instituted the sit-at-home, without any consultative meetings with the Igbo leadership and political leaders.

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“They should start from tendering public apology and ask for forgiveness from Ndigbo for their mistakes and naughtiness which had destroyed the economic and social activities in the South-East, and they will be forgiven.