The South East Revival Group (SERG) has urged the Federal Government to tread cautiously in handling the current clamour for self-determination, by a cross section of people of the South-East, pressing for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra.
The group also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kalu,who was arrested in Lagos by the Department of State Service (DSS) when he returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom in October.
According to an SERG’ statement by its National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu, it is imperative that the Federal Government acts fast before it becomes too late describing the Biafra agitation as intellectually- driven.
The statement regretted that some persons close to government tend to dismiss the agitation as the handiwork of hoodlums and paid touts even when it is apparent that those protesting are genuine stakeholders in the Igbo nation’s quest for self determination.
The statement said that, “it is instructive that this was the same way Nigerians dismissed Boko Haram insurgents as street urchins in the formative years of the terror group and we are all collectively paying the price in tears and blood today.
“The people of the Igbo nation are currently pursuing their desire through intellectual engagement and peaceful street protests.
“Sadly security agencies, including the army, have been violently clamping down on these protests in violation of the people’s right to self expression.
“Those associated with the movement are being thrown into detention and being secretly tried in a desperate effort to stifle the people of the South-East.”
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