Group Demands Control Of Ebube Agu, Kanu’s Release

By Uche Mbah

The umbrella body of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide, has urged South- east Governors to ensure youths take over the Government-approved security outfit, Ebube Agu.

They also urged  President Muhammadu Buhari to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and 19 others under detention for treason.

The Governors jointly established an outfit, Ebube Agu, to counter-balance the activities of the Eastern Security network, ESN, an outfit established by the IPOB. Besides, there are the unknown gunmen who Government insists are part of the ESN, but who IPOB claims are fifth columnists working for Government to produce false flags.

The OIYW, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Chika Adiele, advised Buhari to re-evaluate the whole security architecture.

“We are alarmed that since the advent of our nascent democracy, successive leaders has learnt no useful lessons from our malady”, he said

“Though nation-building and nation branding policies are in principle available to all countries, we assert that the opportunities and potential benefits of such strategies strongly depend on countries’ historical, demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions.

“Nigeria (is burdened) with colonial legacies, and a profoundly heterogeneous society, and weak economic foundations. It is pertinent to identify a home grown solution in halting this drift.

“Nigeria, is unfortunately at the precipice; citizens are now at the mercy of economic buccaneers whose sole purpose is to engineer clash and divert our attention from the realities of our time.

“The Igbo youths under the leadership of Engr Damian Okafor rightly feels alienated and bewildered over the lack of clarity of vision demands that President Mohammadu Buhari, rejig his administration’s security architecture to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians, and also bridge the gap between the leaders and the led.

“That the Federal Government should, immediately, declare a state of emergency to deplorable South-east roads, which have turned death traps.

“That Ndigbo Youth, should be given a level playing field, and empowered economically like their counterparts in other part of the country so as to enable us discharge our civic duties, and expedite action on the release of 19 Igbo youths who are being persecuted on trumped up charges.

“That the illegal detention of our brother and son Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, be revisited and subsequently released with immediate effect,” The Group demanded.