He said the allegation was made by NEF to justify more attacks on the Igbo and their interests in other parts of the country.
Recall that the NEF Chairman Ango Abdullahi had at a town hall meeting in Port Harcourt with Northerners living in Rivers State, alleged that his kinsmen and their businesses were the targets of last October #EndSARS protests in the state.
He alleged that some people ‘’came from the Southeast’’ to attact Northerners living in Rivers State during the protests.
Reacting however, in a statement on Thursday by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the IPOB leader stated that the evil raised by the north to drive former President Goodluck Jonathan out of office has turned against them.
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The statement read in part: “May we therefore, ask Alhaji Ango Abdullahi and his co-travelers: between the Igbo and Fulani jihadists, who are terror inclined? Who among the two tribes have violence, terrorism and killing without provocation in their DNA?
“Which of the two tribes harbour and have sympathy for the six most dangerous terrorist groups in the world – Boko Haram, killer herdsmen, Ansaru, ISWAP, ISIS, bandits? Are the Igbo the perpetrators of the daily carnage and pogrom committed by these vampires in the North?
“Were the Igbo behind the burning of car shops in Abuja and the looting of Igbo businesses in Lagos during the #EndSARS protests? ”
He continued: “The little snake nurtured by the North in their desperation to blackmail ex-President Jonathan out of power has become a python, and they are now looking for Ndigbo to blame instead of solving the problem they created.
“Ango Abdullahi should tell the world how many times any act of terror has been linked to any Igbo or Biafran, whether within or outside Nigeria. Northern elders and their Southern slaves should leave Ndigbo and Biafrans out of their ordeal.”
According to the IPOB leader Ndigbo are the most hospitable, “but unfortunately, the most victimised tribe in Nigeria. They are the victims of unprovoked killings and destruction of property in Nigeria often masterminded by the caliphate and their foot soldiers.”
