From Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
Igbos residing in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have said that they will not join the protest against bad governance that begins August 1, 2024.
President General of Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), the umbrella body of all Igbos in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Chief Kenneth Okeugo, made this known in an interview with journalists in Bauchi.
Okeugo, who was elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association on September 16 and 17, 2023, held at the Royal Park Hotel Aitken Road Sabon Gari Kano, Kano State, regretted Igbo had always been victims of such protests in north parts of the country.
He lamented that property worth millions of naira and precious lives of Igbo residing in the north had been destroyed in protests and riots in the past, particularly the post-election violence of 2011
The president explained that all Igbo in the region instead of joining the protest would remain at home or places of their business to protect themselves from being victims as usual.
“We are not interested in the protest,” the President said.
“Igbo in the north should mind their business because at the end of the day we are the ones that will be affected,” he warned.
“They will come and loot our property but now we intend to watch our properties. We are letting the world know that we are not going to participate in protest”
He urged the federal, state governments and leaders in various levels to focus on policies that will impact ordinary Nigerians
“Nobody should destroy our properties,” he warned.
“We develop anywhere we find ourselves and we don’t destroy.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should work harder to change the lives of poor Nigerians for good”
