The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has dismissed claims by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that he intends to apologise to the Fulani ethnic group for the killing of Sir Ahmadu Bello and Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa during the 1966 coup.
The Nation reports that Iwuanyanwu dismissed this in Owerri, Imo state this weekend. He said it was unfair and unjust to accuse the Igbos of being responsible for the coup. He declared that Ohaneze Ndigbo would never apologise for something they did not do.
“I was shocked to read a voice mail message which was circulating all over the country and all over the world alleging that we held a meeting in Enugu and that the meeting was poorly attended where the decision was taken that we are going to Sokoto to apologise to the Fulanis over the death of Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa and other Northerners. They abused me and insulted me. I read it and I was sad. I don’t expect that somebody or a Christian will come…
Source: Linda Ikeji
