Hehehe....The Rivers Elders and Leaders Council (RELEC) has distanced itself from the struggle for the realisation of Republic of Biafra.
The
elders, speaking through their Chairman Chief Albert Horsfall and the
Secretary Lawrence Ibiayenie, faulted organisers of the pro-Biafra
protest, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
It described it as uncalled for, adding that Rivers people were not Biafrans.
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According
to them, it was wrong to transport Igbo youths in trailers and buses
from the five states in the Southeast zone, to protest in Port Harcourt,
thereby halting commercial activities, destroying property and causing
untold hardship for motorists, commuters and pedestrians.
RELEC
said: “The attempt by these elements (IPOB members) to focus on Port
Harcourt for their political rascality is totally unacceptable and is
hereby condemned by Rivers Elders and Leaders Council. The action so far
taken by the Biafran protesters in Port Harcourt is highly provocative
to all genuine sons and daughters of Rivers State, who have so far
restrained themselves from confronting the demonstrators in Port
Harcourt.
“The choice of Port Harcourt (for IPOB’s protests) may
be a deliberate ploy to make the Rivers State capital the battle ground
for any fracas that may follow their rascality. We reject these moves in
its entirety and hereby repeat our warning that they (Biafran
protesters) must desist forthwith.
“Rivers State people are not
Biafrans and had never been and will never be. The RELEC wishes to call
on all elders and leaders of the states from which these youths have
been pouring into Port Harcourt, for this unwelcome and unwholesome
political rascality, to call their youths to order and forbid them from
forever staging further demonstrations and protests in Port Harcourt and
other parts of Rivers State.
“RELEC
wishes to observe the good neighbourly relationship which has always
existed between Rivers people and their neighbours. We wish that the
cordial and mutually beneficial relationship should continue to exist.
Persons responsible for the pro-Biafra protests must immediately halt
the unfriendly activities forthwith.”
Rivers elders and leaders
also stated that they “strongly” supported Wike’s ban of protests in
Rivers state, which they said would go a long way to promote peace,
thereby moving the state forward.
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Friday, November 13, 2015
We are not Biafrans, stop protesting in our land – Rivers elders warn
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