Itsekiri Nation Disowns Calls For Creation Of Biafra Republic By Nnamdi Kanu Led Group

THE Itsekiri ethnic nationality of Warri, Delta State, has dissociated itself from the calls for
creation of a Biafra Republic out of Nigeria as being drummed by some Igbo interest groups in the
South-East led by Nnamdi Kanu


The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILT, expressed the group’s concern over the Igbo agitation
yesterday in a statement by its Chairman, Pa Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko.


The body is disturbed that the proposed Biafra Republic as widely reported in the social media
includes the whole of Delta State.


The statement stressed: “We recall with pains the day the defunct Biafran Army invaded Warri and
Benin in the then Midwest Region on August 9, 1967.


Never again will the Itsekiri tolerate such invasion. The Itsekiri nation is committed to the
unity of Nigeria and will do all it can to promote and protect it as one indivisible country.


As Major General Philip Effiong said on January 14 1970, the
Republic of Biafra ceased to exist. We, the Itsekiri, wish it to be eternally so for the peace and
development of our great nation.”