Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has expressed outrage over the attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo.
The Igbo group urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore the likes of Dokubo and invite Kanu for a round table discussion.
DAILY POST reports that Dokubo had while speaking to journalists after a meeting with President Tinubu branded the IPOB leader a criminal; he also told Tinubu not to release him.
His statement has continued to draw the ire of Ndigbo, with many accusing him of reaching beyond his bounds.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he accused Dokubo of being sponsored by those who want to destabilise President Tinubuβs government.
Okwu said it was unthinkable that at a time many patriotic citizens of the country were thinking of ways to unite the country, Dokubu who postures as a βson of the Presidentβ was busy throwing up ideas that would further polarise the country.
βWe have always known Asari Dokubo as a rabble rouser who is not interested in the progress and prosperity of this nation.
βThis is a man who had been in the creeks for years sabboating the countryβs economy. We all know what it is to sabotage the economy of a country- what other crime could be more than this?
βBut curiously, the same man who claims to have repented, even when his boys are still in the creeks, has the temerity to brand Nnamdi Kanu a criminal.
βWhen did Asarai Dobuko become a court of competent jurisdiction to decide who is a criminal? He has only taken his hatred for Ndigbo too far,β Okwu said.
The Igbo group urged President Tinubu to ignore Dokubo and his ilks βwho are not in any way interested in the positive future of the country but their selfish gains.
βMr President made it clear that he is ready to unite the fragmented country he inherited from the past administration and he has been so much applauded for this.
βWe urge Mr President to go ahead and not allow his administration to be derailed by hypocrites like Asaraki Dokubo who want to feed fat from any form of crisis in the country. Mr President should be wary of him and his sponsors who are enemies of the government.
βThe Federal Government should do well to invite and engage Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators. They are fighting for justice and marginalisation. If the government could engage members of Boko Haram who have killed and maimed millions of people, it should not find it hard engaging the agitators.
βMr President is one of those who vehemently fought in favour of democracy and justice in the past; he should give a listening ear to Nnamdi Kanu.β
Ohanaeze, however, warned Dokubo βto desist from any further attempt to use Nnamdi Kanuβs ordeal to promote his personal interests.
βEnough is enough; we warn him to henceforth stop using Ndigbo as an avenue to promote his ego. Everyone knows he has personal issues with Nnamdi Kanu.β
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