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Ohanaeze Condemns Attack On Ibezim’s Home, NOUN Centre, Demands Prosecution Of Perpetrators

The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has called on Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to constitute an independent judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and ensure that the perpetrators of arson at the country home of Senator Frank Ibezim and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nsu Ehime Mbano, are made to face justice.

OYC’s President-General, Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka observed in a statement that the attack was a result of the widespread misconceptions concerning the establishment of the skills acquisition centre at the NOUN, Nsu centre, saying it was an attack on Ndigbo in general.

Igboayaka was pained that certain individuals in Igbo land have exploited IPOB for illicit activities. “These individuals often collaborate with desperate political shenanigans in the region who seek to undermine and discredit their political opponents through various means.”

According to the OYC leader, the call for inquiry became necessary to unravel likely political motives against Senator Frank Ibezim and former Minister of Education, Hon Emeka Nwajuba as he alleged the arsonists in the viral video spoke in the local dialect of communities in Ehime Mbano area.

He said, “Nnamdi Kanu has repeatedly warned against using IPOB or his name to perpetrate harm against Igbo individuals or wreak havoc in Igboland, thus, any linkage of IPOB to criminal acts in the Southeast is no longer tenable.

“Every rational and discerning Igbo individual should recognize that the reprehensible act of setting Senator Frank Ibezim’s house and the National Open University, Nsu, on fire constitutes a grave offence against the Igbo people and our collective development.

“Some Ndigbo have misinterpreted the establishment of a Skills Acquisition Center at National Open University, Nsu, by the Federal Commissioner of Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Special Adviser to the President on Humanitarian Affairs, raising concerns that sentimentalism and baseless fears, rooted in past federal government policies, are pervasive.”

He described the action as regrettable, embarrassing and shameful to the Igbo nation that a national asset and the residence of an innocent person, who meant well for the people would be destroyed by the target beneficiaries.

“Would Ndigbo not face international ridicule for demolishing a federal initiative aimed at empowering unemployed youths within their territory? Would the broader Nigerian population not view Ndigbo with disdain for attacking Senator Frank Ibezim, a visionary leader who brought a project beneficial to the youths, but was rewarded with setting his residence ablaze?”

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