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Biafra Above Kanu's Capacity To Decide,says Ohanaeze

Raphael Ede , Enugu The new President - General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, has said the issue concerning Biafra is beyond the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu . Obiozor also warned the people of the South- East and some organisations to restrain forthwith actions or utterances that put Ndigbo in imminent danger or harm ’s way. Obiozor, who spoke on Wednesday during a World Press Conference at Ohanaeze National Secretariat Enugu , said the Igbo nation was not at war with Nigeria and had nothing pending before any authority that demanded a separate entity for Ndigbo. READ ALSO: Why we won ’ t attend Yoruba summit – Afenifere faction At the conference tagged , ‘Ohanaeze Ndigbo: The dawn of a new era ,’ the new president - general of the Igbo apex socio -cultural organisation , appealed to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu , to toe the part of honour, listen to the voice of wisdom and drop his agitation for a separate state . He said, “The Igbo nation is not at war with Nigeria and has nothing pending before any authority that demands a separate existence from Nigeria . “Nnamdi Kanu is one of us and he must listen to some of us for several reasons. The fact and reality are that the issues of Biafra are above and beyond his capacity to decide . “He must listen because he is one of us and we are all in this dilemma together . And our mutual and collective responsibilities are sacred and must be respected . ” YOU MAY ALSO LIKE : Ohuabunwa unveils 2023 bid, says Igbo presidency will stop Biafra While dispelling insinuations that he will champion anti - Igbo interest , he reminded Ndigbo that what the late Biafran warlord , Chukwuemeka Ojukwu , meant by the bones shall rise didn ’t mean conflict , violence and war . ‘ Memo I wrote with Okadigbo led to Ojukwu ’ s pardon’ Meanwhile, Obiozor said a memo he wrote with late President of the Senate , Dr Chuba Okadigbo , led to the granting of presidential pardon and amnesty to late Ojukwu by former President Shehu Shagari in 1983 . Obiozor disclosed this in Enugu when he paid a courtesy visit to former Deputy Senate President , Ike Ekweremadu . Accompanied by his Secretary - General and former Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa , Okey Emuche ; and other executive members , Obiozor said, “I want to tell you something about my own feeling about the Igbos . We are a people of destiny , the similarity between Igbo spirit and that of the Jews is amazing to me ; as an academician I wrote about it, read about it and as an Ambassador in Israel, I saw it happen . The greatest revenge against injustice is success . ” READ ALSO : Accept defeat , stop attacks on Obaseki , PDP tells Oshiomhole The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Ndigbo who later visited his immediate predecessor, Chief John Nnia Nwodo said he had been working for Ndigbo, and did the negotiation to bring Ojukwu back to Nigeria from Ivory Coast.

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I Will Ensure Efficiency Of NDLEA-Marwa Promises

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA ), retired Brig. - Gen . Buba Marwa, has promised to reposition the agency for efficient fight against illicit drug trafficking. Marwa said this during his inaugural address to staff of the agency on Monday in Abuja , insisting that it was the duty of the NDLEA to stop all forms of drug abuse in the country . He said that NDLEA would be overhauled and expanded in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA ). “I want to reassure you all that your welfare will be given utmost attention ; the outstanding issues of stagnation in rank, training and postings and due emoluments will be addressed as a priority. “Also, operational and logistics inadequacies in the service will be looked into . Nigeria is the only country we have and we cannot fold our arms . We can, will and must eliminate the drug scourge . “As the lead agency in the drug war in Nigeria , you are all too familiar with the extent of devastation that drug use had caused our nation ,” Marwa said. Marwa said the number of drug users in the country currently could be estimated to be more than 15 million people , going by the recent figures issued by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ) survey in 2018 . According to him , no fewer than 14 . 3 million Nigerians between the ages of 15 years and 64 years are found to be drug users ; three times the global prevalence . “We will put equal efforts in drug demand reduction as contained in the NDLEA act ; we will develop a strategy of work to meet our objectives, following the National Drug Control Master plan 2021 - 2025 to be released soon, as our roadmap . “With my military background , you know what to expect; NDLEA will safeguard the nation and our youths from the drug menace , that is a task that must be done . “I expect diligence at work and will not hesitate to penalise default , hardwork will be rewarded; I would like to warn those who engage in the dastardly trade of importation , export, cultivation, processing, manufacture , trafficking, sale and consumption of illicit substances to stop forthwith or be prepared to contend with the NDLEA , ” he said. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Marwa as the new NDLEA chairman on Friday after the tenure of the agency’ s former chairman, retired Col . Muhammad Abdallah’ s expired . Marwa had worked as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA ) between 2018 and December 2019 alongside others to develop a blueprint on how to end drug abuse in Nigeria .