Biafra Anniversary: We’ll hold FG responsible for any pro-Biafra killings --Ohanaeze youths

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(Nigeria) The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Monday, vowed to hold the Federal Government responsible should anything happen to pro-Biafra agitators.
This is coming amid fears over alleged plans by security operatives to open fire on the agitators who shall be observing a sit-at-home to mark the 50th year of Biafra declaration.
In a statement by the groups's Deputy National President and the National Secretary, Dr. Arthur Obiora and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, respectively, the Ohanaeze youths said, "Ndigbo shall hold Yemi Osinbajo responsible as the acting President of Nigeria should anything happen to any of our youths.
"We shall not take lightly the spilling of the blood of any Igbo man today because these are non-violent agitators and their agitation is protected under every known law.
"As an SAN, the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo is very much aware of the constitutional rights of these agitators and he should therefore not allow himself to be used as an instrument to suppress lawful expression of opinion.
"He should, as the acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria call on all security agencies to order to ensure that they do not engage in mass murder. We have had enough of this mindless killing of our people and we are not going to take it again this time."
The group urged Igbo traders and workers to comply with the sit-at-home order of the pro-Biafra groups, stressing that Ndigbo should support the struggle to actualize an independent state of Biafra.
"The international community is watching; so, if we can show unity as a people, if we can show solidarity with Nnamdi Kanu and Uchenna Madu, the leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, respectively, the United Nations and other international organizations will not just accord us respect but help us in pushing for a referendum."

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