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Former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi
Azikiwe University and a Senior
Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Ilochi
Okafor has charged elders of
Igboland not to keep quiet in the
face of brazen intimidation by the federal government against the
people of the South-East.

Prof Okafor, who spoke during a
special court session presided
over by the Chief judge of
Anambra State, Hon Justice Peter
Umeadi in a ceremony to mark
the commencement of a new legal year of the Anambra State
judiciary, stated that the
proscription of the activities of
the of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) by the
South-East governors was done in bad fate.

He also condemned labeling of
the group as a terrorist
organization and the deployment
of soldiers to the south east,
saying that the federal
government had no justification for the action, but only sought to
intimidate and bully the people of
the region.

“I am 73. If I do not speak out,
when will I ever speak out? Is it in
the grave? But speak out I must.
Our bar is not all about holding
dinners, attending weddings and
funerals, where we eat and wine. Nor is it about holding
conferences devoted to endless
speeches and pontification.

“If our governors, lawmakers
and political class sit by and keep
silent, elders should not. I urge
elders to speak out now. The
Igbos are peaceful people.
Demonstration towards self realization of the right to self
determination are recognized as
fundamental human right in
international law and united
nations charter.

“Nigerians are bound by such
law, our people are issued with
civil notice to leave the north or
face very dire consequences, and
no person has been arrested. The
army has not been stationed in the north. October 1 is the
deadline and is around the
corner. Who protects our people
presently in the north?”

Okafor said that “it is a known
fact that armies do not arrest
civilians, rather police do, and
that armies cannot be stationed
against a peaceful people or
demonstrators.”

“Despite the verbal violence and
grandiose rhetorics of Nnamdi
Kanu, IPOB is not a terrorist
group. No person has been killed
by IPOB. Its rallies have been
heavily crowded, but it has not been shown that any person
carried or discharged weapons
during the rallies.

“Their exuberance proved the
wide, aggressive and ion
filled disconnect with Nigeria and
the older generation. I belong to
this generation, and we have
failed our people. For the Igbo self-haters, the enemy within is a
bigger threat than the enemy
outside.

“We must listen to our youths.
Their dissatisfaction is real,
profound and deep. The political
class that sit in the comfort of
their mansions in Abuja and
elsewhere in the world must listen to the youth now or never.

“To Biafrans, I say that you must
continue to agitate peacefully.
The world is listening to you.
Your cries against our
marginalization and threats to
annihilate us must never be drowned. Never before has any
group in Nigeria brought to the
fore the imperativeness and
urgency of restructuring Nigeria.

“But as the Ohas of Ohaneze,
you must find accommodation
with the ezes of Ohaneze and
other groups in Nigeria
clamouring for the country to
exist on principles of justice, equity, fairness and integrity and
free of corrupotion, hatred and
zealotry,” Okafor submitted.

www.dailypost.ng/2017/09/25/military-invasion-dont-keep-quiet-face-intimidation-igbo-elders/

My VC... A man of principle, the man that changed UNIZIK.

Stong Words.... I respect you sir.

To be honest Igbo did not deserve such intimidation from the FG.

But where was this man when outlaw IPOD was on rampage treatning the peace of Nigeria,
I think something is wrong somewhere.

God bless you Sir.

Buhari and buratai are just being petty and childish. But the result of this bullshit will swallow them sha

No, Ndigbo are not keeping quiet or intimidated. Soon there will be operation python hunt.

My able and erudite VC, those of us that were privileged to be under your tutelage in UNIZIK knows you are always as bold as a lion, Sir you are right on point, we are in a country where there are different laws for different regions,
1. No single person was arrested for the quit notice issued.
2. Fulani herdsmen on rampage and no serious steps has been taken by government to put an end to their killing and rapings that has almost become a daily occurrence.
3. Boko Haram terrorist even with their deadly activities are given a right to fair hearing in court and the rule of law takes its course, some are even considered for pardon, yet a group that is yet to have a record of killing, the military is unleashed on them, and after that branded them terrorists, there is Godooo.