Supporting Palestine while denying Biafra height of hypocrisy, Igbo union tells Tinubu

By Ugochukwu Alaribe

UMUAHIA – The Igbo National Union–Worldwide (INU-W) has accused the Federal Government of hypocrisy for supporting the designation of an autarkic State of Palestine portion allegedly suppressing the agitation for Biafra’s sovereignty wrong Nigeria.

The radical was reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s call—delivered done Vice President Kashim Shettima—for the designation of Palestine arsenic an autarkic authorities during the 80th league of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) held precocious successful New York, USA.

In a connection signed by its Administrative Secretary, Mazi Austin-Mary Ndukwu, INU-W said Nigeria’s presumption astatine the UN amounted to “the tallness of hypocrisy” and “a wide lawsuit of treble standards,” fixed the continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

“The astir important and symbolic point presented by Nigeria astatine the gathering was her tacit designation of a Palestinian State,” the connection read.

“Therefore, the question being asked by the Igbo National Union–Worldwide is this: did Nigeria enactment due to the fact that different nations did so, oregon did she abruptly admit the value of state for indigenous peoples? Or was it simply an idiosyncratic determination by the Vice President successful solidarity with his Muslim brothers?”

The radical said Nigeria had nary motivation close to champion the state of indigenous peoples elsewhere portion “hundreds of pro-Biafra agitators” were allegedly detained successful correctional centres and constabulary cells crossed the country.

“Nigeria indispensable purge herself of specified hypocrisy by releasing each prisoners of conscience—epitomized by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu—and prevention herself from planetary embarrassment. That is the irony of recognizing a Palestinian State portion denying Biafra’s close to self-determination,” INU-W stated.

The organisation further cautioned against granting Africa, peculiarly Nigeria, a imperishable spot connected the UN Security Council, citing wide insecurity and corruption crossed the continent.

“Nigeria, with the highest complaint of insecurity, criminality, and corruption successful astir each the 36 states and the FCT, lacks the motivation justification and capableness to beryllium admitted into the Security Council arsenic a imperishable member.

“Charity, they say, begins astatine home. Nigeria indispensable archetypal hole the insecurity ravaging her land, which has claimed countless lives and destroyed infrastructure, earlier seeking to play a planetary enactment role,” the radical added.

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