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| IPOB-terrified Igbo Senators heed IPOB call. SHUN Buhari's visit to Enugu |
As 'General' Muhammadu Buhari plans to attend Economic and Security summit with stakeholders in the South East today, strong indications emerged today that the South East Senate Caucus would boycott the Town Hall meeting.
The meeting holds tomorrow in Enugu. Confirming the planned boycott, Chairman of the Caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said that the South East Senators will stay away from the Town Hall meeting, citing lack of adequate consultation as reason. Abaribe however admitted that though there was an attempt to consult the caucus prior to the meeting, it was not adequate, adding,
“The South East Senate Caucus will not be attending having not been adequately consulted. Again it is the view of the Caucus that what the South East needs is development and not to be tagged with any other issue like security .
“South east has been utterly neglected and marginalized over time especially with regards to addressing factors that stimulates development including the place of Ndigbo in the present administration.
“So if we are to hold a town hall meeting the agenda must be restricted to purely development of the region. The agenda must be articulated to address the issues as highlighted. This has not been done That is where the issue of lack of adequate consultation comes in.”
Abaribe further advised that whatever should be done must be in the overall interest of the South East region.
This is however, unconnected with a recent threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Igbo politicians not to attend the event.
The IPOB press statement read in part "Should Buhari attempt to set foot on Enugu soil everybody involved, from Bart Nnaji to Governor Ugwuanyi will regret it. These criminal Igbo politicians without any iota of shame must know that Buhari is the Grand Patron of the terrorist Fulani Herdsmen that have been rampaging and killing our people in Enugu and other parts of Biafraland in the name of Islam. Buhari is the person behind the rise of the terrorist Fulani Herdsmen and must be made to know that we Biafrans are not in support of sponsors of terrorism. We are the children of the Most High God and do not associate with mass murderers like Buhari. Therefore we don't want him anywhere around our sacred land.
"Any Governor or Igbo politician who is stupid enough to invite Buhari into our capital will be taught a lesson that will reverberate in history. They should try us and see.
A word is enough for the wise!"
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