Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has vowed to use a non-kinetic approach to resolve security challenges in the South East, insisting that the use of guns and force will not restore peace in the region.
President General of the organisation, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this, at the weekend, in Enugu, during a press briefing to announce the programme for the September 29 Igbo Day celebration, saying that the blood flowing in Igbo land is no longer acceptable.
Iwuanyanwu, who described killings and bloodshed in the South East as “strange,” said: “As a father, I am tired of the death of my children.
“Each time I hear that somebody is killed, I feel sad, considering that most of them are doing what they are doing because of hunger and unemployment.
“I am not saying that hunger and unemployment should make one a criminal, but not everyone has the capacity to endure hunger.”
“As a father, I am appealing to everybody to embrace peace. Non-kinetic approach to this problem requires everybody’s support, state and federal governments for us to have peace in the region.
Iwuanyanwu stressed that he will make whatever sacrifice it is to ensure a non-kinetic approach to ending the bloodshed in Igbo land.
He said: “I am going to reach these people by any means to beg them or even give my life if they want it. I will surrender it to ensure peace in the region.”
He said he would send a delegation to Finland and other places to beg those causing bloodshed in the region to stop.
