Igbo Diaspora Blasts S’East Governors Over Killings, Demands Release Of Kanu

A diaspora-based Igbo intellectual group, Ikenga Think-Tank (North America), has accused governors and political leaders of the South-East of betraying their people through what it described as “silent complicity” in the alleged persecution and killings of Igbo youth.

In a strongly-worded letter addressed to the governors, senators and other political leaders of the region, as well as security agencies operating in the South-East, the body said the leaders had failed in their constitutional duty to safeguard lives and property.

Signed by Dr. Dankwu Agbambu, the group’s coordinator, the letter expressed grief and outrage, alleging that Igbo youth were being “hunted down, incarcerated, raped and slaughtered” while their leaders looked away.

It described the leaders’ silence as an “unforgivable betrayal” and warned that history would not absolve them of responsibility.

“Your deafening silence emboldens the perpetrators of this genocide and exposes your indifference to the sacred blood of our people,” the group wrote.

The body also condemned the continued detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom it described as “the prophet of our time and voice of a silenced people.”

Ikenga Think-Tank listed four key demands, including:

a united condemnation of the killings and unlawful persecution of Igbo youth,

an active push for the release of Nnamdi Kanu and other detained Biafran agitators,

concrete measures to secure the South-East from external attacks, and

removal of military checkpoints in the region.

It further warned the governors and political leaders that the diaspora community was documenting their actions and inactions for posterity.

“The time has come to choose: stand with your people, or stand exposed as willing accomplices to their destruction. The choice is yours. But know that we are watching, the world is watching, and posterity will not forget,” the group said.