WIC sanctions July 21 protest against insecurity

THE Chairman, Board of Directors of the World Igbo Congress, Prof. Anthony Ejiofor, has authorised a worldwide protest on July 21, 2021, to draw global attention to the insecurity and killings in Christian- dominated areas of Nigeria.

In a statement, yesterday, WIC feared that the trend could escalate into ethnoreligious conflicts of unmanageable proportion from Southern Kaduna to the South East region dominated by Christians.

He said: “Today, Christians live under the specter of the shoot- on- sight order by the government of Nigeria when they agitate against the lopsided behaviour of the government.”

It will also use the rally to demand the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), which is agitating for fairness and equity in the country.

According to the Public Relations Officer, Basil Onwukwe, WIC will continue the pursuit of the referendum to determine those who still wants Nigeria as a country, because it is the inalienable right of indigenous people of the world to self- determination like recently happened in Britain ( Brexit) and Scotland to determine our peaceful state of actualisation. H OWEVER, the Special Counsel to the IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, has restated that Kanu did not jump bail as being alleged.

Ejimakor said yesterday that the prevailing scenario in his home at Afara- Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia State, under which he escaped for his dear life and personal safety, would not amount to jumping bail.

He stated that the only logical way of determining whether he jumped bail or not was to recall the state of affairs before the military invasion of his homestead in September 2017.

“As of September 2017, Kanu was free on bail on a subsisting court order; his bail was not on personal recognisance, but on a bond posted by three sureties. He was neither judicially nor administratively ordered to be rearrested for breaching his bail or on account of any new charges filed; and his next hearing date was set for the next month, October,” the counsel stated.

AS Kanu’s trial starts next week, the Chidi Ibeh- led Ohanaeze Ndigbo has appealed to South East governors to explore their harmonious relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari to secure a soft- landing for the IPOB leader.