A group, the Lower Niger Congress (LNC), a group has rejected the
\nnomination of General Ike Nwachukwu as the leader of South East delegates
\nto the national conference which would be inaugurated tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Addressing newsmen in Aba, Abia State at the end of a town hall meeting
\norganized by the group, its Secretary General, Chief Tony Nnadi said his
\ngroup was opposed to Nwachukwu\u2019s nomination to lead the South East
\ndelegates at the confab because he fought against the interest of Ndigbo
\nduring the civil war of 1967 to 1970.<\/p>\n
He lamented that it would be difficult for Ndigbo to achieve its objective
\nof redressing the injustice done her since the amalgamation of Nigeria in
\n1914 with its delegate led by Nwachukwu who was not on her side during the
\nwar.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the Igbos need now is to firmly\u00a0 grab the opportunity presented by
\nthe national conference to discuss about the union, our being in Nigeria
\nwhich since 1914 has put us into enslavement and if we still need to be
\nthere and continued to be enslaved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the South East delegates being led by someone who fought against us
\nduring our war of emancipation, inflicted pains and killed his kinsmen; we
\nare afraid if we are going to make headway at the confab,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Nnadi called on the South East Zone to use the opportunity presented by
\nthe national conference to address certain imbalances against it in the
\nNigerian federation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the Aburi Accord of 1967, everybody knew there had been an
\nunfinished business in the project called Nigeria; hence the confab and we
\nshould not make the mistake of sending people like Gen. Ike Nwachukwu who
\nwould not represent the interest of Igbos.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amalgamation of Northern and Southern Protectorates by Lord Lugard
\nwas a treaty and all treaties have life span of 100 years. That being the
\ncase, Nigeria as a union is dead and its burial ceremony will be conducted
\ninside 2014 and if there will be a new union, it would be worked out by
\nall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that the Abia state governor and chairman,South East
\nGovernors’ Forum, Chief Theodore Orji had at the end of their recent
\nmeeting in Enugu, announced the\u00a0 nomination of Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (rtd) to
\nlead South East delegates to the national conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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