ENUGU—IGBO leaders, yesterday, condemned last week’s attack on broadcasting houses in Enugu by some Igbo youths, who wanted to announce a new republic.
“The infantile act of seizing a broadcasting house in order to announce a new Republic is not the proper way to express anger and frustration with Nigeria,” the leaders on the banner of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, said.
In a statement by their Deputy Secretary, Evangelist Elliot Uko, the leaders warned the youths: “Don’t over heat the polity,” saying that “such actions, if anything, only result to over-heating the polity, which is the last thing any well meaning Nigerian would pray for at this time.”
They continued: “We appeal to all those who feel aggrieved over the Nigerian condition to channel their grievances through proper and legal routes which include the ongoing National Conference. Actions that are capable of leading to breakdown of law and order must be discouraged as it not only paints us in bad light but will also not solve the problems at hand.
