PANPIEC Warns Ndigbo-Can’t Have Biafra and Igbo Presidency Same Time, Fulani not in control of South East

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The Pan Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction Coalition PANPIEC has warned Ndigbo that they cannot be pursuing Biafra and Nigerian presidency at the same time.

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday with cross section of church leaders during a concerned stakeholders meeting, the Chairman of PANPIEC Igbo Presidency 2023 Strategy Team, Rev Obinna Akukwe said that Ndigbo are prepared for 2023 elections but there is a vocal minority who wants Biafra at all costs.

Allaying the fears of the concerned clerics, especially from the north, that Peter Obi will declare Biafra if he becomes president, Rev Akukwe said that the insinuations are unfounded.

Akukwe warned Ndigbo to stop all the tales that Fulani have taken over South East. According to him

“I came back from the South East Peace Tour on Sunday, apart from about six communities having clashes with Fulani, two in Enugu State, one in IMO, Anambra, Abia and Ebony, which the security agencies are tackling, Fulani have not invaded South East”

He told the clerics that Igbo are pushing for a president of South East extraction, but Atiku and Tinubu also have stronghold.

He also warned the Igbo clerics at the meeting to stop spreading baseless WhatsApp messages connoting that South East is under siege to Fulani to their northern counterparts because no such siege exists, instead it is discouraging northern voters supporting Igbo Presidency.

Rev Akukwe said that PANPIEC Igbo Presidency Strategy Team, Igbo Mandate Congress IMC and Igbo Think Tank ITT are engaging aspects of splinter IPOB for peaceful polls in the South East.

The clerics prayed for peace in Nigeria and free polls and resolved to force their members to vote for their choice candidates on the day.

Source: Modern Ghana