April 04, (THEWILL) – The pan Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said the people of the Southeast would not be part of the conspiracy for the formation of an Interim National Government (ING).
Reacting to a statement credited to the Spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dr. Peter Afunanya, that some politically-exposed persons were conspiring to introduce ING, Ohanaeze Secretary-Genaral, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement on Monday, challenged the DSS to apprehend the exponents of the ING scheme, who want to forestall the smooth transition of power from President Muhammadu Buhari to President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Isiguzoro, however, urged Tinubu to commence “the healing process tour” from the Southeast by considering the release of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as well as the zoning of the Senate President to the region.
The statement reads: “Ndigbo will never recognize any Interim National Government or be part of the evil scheme, as the clamour for an Interim National Government is unconstitutional, satanic and atrocious, as those behind the call for the Interim National Government are only trying to plunge the country into avoidable political crises and make the Igbo scapegoats as Nigerians witnessed in 1993.
“Ndigbo will participate fully in all pre-inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies of the President-elect, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29th, 2023, and caution all those, who are working behind the scenes for the enthronement of an illegitimate Interim National Government, to use the courts to vent their resentments and grievances.
“We are satisfied that Atiku and Peter Obi had explored the legal options in other to recover the mandates, and challenging the outcomes of the 2023 Presidential election in court is better than restraining a smooth transition of power on 29th May 2023, as we will not allow unpatriotic monsters to truncate our hard-earned democracy
“Ndigbo condemns the call for the establishment of an Interim National Government but insists that the President-elect should be sworn in by 29th May 2023. Ndigbo is endangered species in Nigeria and never again will Igbos be used as sacrificial lambs as we were used in 1993 during the Abiola saga, where a lot of Igbos were bullied, maimed, killed and their properties looted.
“The proponents of an Interim National Government are already setting the stage through systematic burning of Igbo populated markets in Lagos (President-elect’s State) and Borno (Vice President-elect’s State) and promotion of hate campaigns against the Igbo. These are castles built on quicksands and Igbos are wiser and sophisticated now.
“We will continue to support the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and ask him to commence the healing process tour from the Southeast by releasing IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and incorporate the East into the Government of National Unity (GNU) by giving the President of the Senate to the people of Southeast.”
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