Reports that a newly formed Igbo socio-political group, the Igbo
Ekunie Initiative, has emerged. They have advised President Muhammadu
Buhari to engage self determination groups in Nigeria in a fruitful
dialogue that would ultimately address their grievances and permanently
end agitations in the country.
The group, which had existed for about two years in the Diaspora,
apparently came out in the open to fill the gap created by the
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
President of the group, Mazi Tochukwu Ezeoke, who spoke with
reporters in Awka, however observed that violence and marching on the
streets would not achieve any objective, insisting that dialogue
remained the best approach.
In his words;
We, the Igbo Ekunie Initiative, submit that time has come for a
fundamental restructuring of the Nigerian state to a structure and
system that provides optimal governance that meets the needs of the
populace and allows each region develop at their pace.
“We note that the fundamentals of restructuring suffer no conflict as
all proponents virtually agree that more control/autonomy in all facets
should be given to the states and regions as the case may be.”
