The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tender an unreserved apology to the Igbo nation.
The statement follows a recent Twitter post by the president which has since been deleted by the social media platform.
Reacting to the Tweet by the president, Uche Okwukwu, leader of the Igbo group described the post as a threat.
Further, the group demanded that the president regularly meet with the South-East governors, leaders and youths, in order to proffer solution to the current situation in the region.
Speaking in a statement signed by Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo on behalf of the Okwukwu led-leadership, the group said that it was annoying that president Buhari could make such a provocative statement when the people are yet to get over the wounds of the civil war.
Also, the group maintained that they are solidly behind the efforts of the governors of the south-East in restoring peace and stability within the region at this trying times.
The statement in part read; “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide had studied the proclamation of President Muhammadu Buhari on social media responding to the insecurity challenges in southeastern Nigeria and we obliged President Buhari to quickly rescind the threats of repeating the episode of the civil war experience which killed 3 million Igbo people and wreaked havoc on Igbo properties, but rather Mr. President should tender an unreserved apology to Ndigbo, for the civil war contentions against southeast to help avert possible misinterpretation of Nigerians misconstruing him.
“We are using this channel to remind President Buhari that killer herdsmen and Northern bandits based on the earlier warnings of USA Embassy Abuja that “they were heading south to destabilize the region,” the recent provocative onslaught against the southeast gave rise to Northern delinquents commandeered the moment to unleash affliction on security formations and government agencies like INEC.
“We are solidly behind the southeast Governors in these tribulations and difficulties to restore peace and stability in the southeast, and President Buhari should regularly be scheduled to meet with Igbo Governors and leaders including youths and agitators, this exhibition of love are what Nigerians expect from Buhari, not civil war magniloquence.
“Federal Government honored the Yoruba nation through MKO Abiola by the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day to heal the psyche and wounds of the past, Southeast should be honored on June 12 Democracy Day through Presidential pardon and amnesty for all repentant Biafra agitators.
“We will not like to be threatened with the genocide of 30 months of Biafra War again.”
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