The chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum,
Chief David Umahi, has denied that the body met
behind closed door where they accused the federal
government of killing members of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB and other issues.
Umahi made this known while reacting to a report
credited to one Nwankpa Osita Okere who alleged that
the forum met in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi state
where they accused the Federal Government of
brutality on Ndigbo.
The Chairman of the Forum in a statement signed by
his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor, described
the report as tissues of lie from the pit of hell.
He stated that the report was craftily done to
embarrass the forum and cause confusion between
the Governors of the zone and the Federal
Government as part of efforts to thwart peace
process with the IPOB.
He accused the originators of the falsehood of trying
to sabotage the peace process already in motion
between the forum and leadership of the IPOB
especially as it concerns the rebuilding process and
the way forward to achieving lasting peace in the
zone.
The statement reads, “the attention of the forum has
been drawn to a report circulating in various social
media platforms, alleging that the South East
Governors met behind closed doors at the
Government House Abakaliki where they reached a
consensus and accused the federal government of
killing members of IPOB. While it is our responsibility
to protect the lives and property of our people
including the IPOB, it is rather embarrassing to link
the forum to whatever politics of bitterness in any
part of the country.”
“Firstly, the writer and his paymasters failed to meet
up with the realities on ground as concerns the
already initiated move between the governors’ forum
and leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu reached during our
last meeting in our secretariat in Enugu. It is therefore
the wish of the forum to assure the general public
that the communiqué raised during our last meeting
with IPOB leadership still stands and anybody
circulating any report contrary is the real enemy of
Ndigbo and should be disregarded.”
The statement further disclosed that there was no
such meeting as reported, adding that the Chairman
of the forum, Governor Umahi whom he quoted as
issuing the statement was not even in the country as
he is outside the country on investment drive for the
development of his state.
He said that the forum is working in synergy with the
federal government and other federating units towards
economic and regional integration and development of
the South East region and called on members of the
public to disregard every attempt by amorphous
groups to instigate crisis between the zone and the
federal government.
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