Oyigbo Crisis: Group Disagrees With Wike, Reveals Why The Gov. is Linking Amaechi To The Crisis
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Nov 05, 2020
Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has attacked the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike for attributing the ongoing crisis in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi.
READ ALSO: Plot To Assassinate Peter Obi, Soludo Reacts
The group also condemned the killing of residents in the area by Nigeria soldiers.
READ ALSO: Bloodbath At Wedding: Bandits Kill 13, Abduct Many In Midnight Attack In Kaduna Community
The National Leader of BNYL, Prince Chimezie Richard, who addressed reporters in Port Harcourt, called on Wike to intervene before the situation got out of hands.
READ ALSO: #AbaDecides (UPDATE): APC Candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu Just Voted At Eziama |SEE PHOTOS
The group warned that what is happening in Oyigbo could lead to rebellion against the Military elsewhere and the country will be thrown into crisis.
READ ALSO: How FPNO Student Was Shot By A Policeman In Owerri | READ FULL DETAILS
BNYL dismissed Wike's claim that the hoodlums who attacked the Police station and the army were members of IPOB.
READ ALSO: EROSION: UMUNNEOCHI COMMUNITY CRIES OUT, SENDS SOS TO ABIA GOVT
According to Princewill, the protesters had no Biafra insignia and the name of the groups they belong to was not written on their foreheads.
READ ALSO: BREAKING: 2024 Budget Of Renewed Hop Passes Second Reading | READ MORE
The group wondered how Wike would be pointing accusing fingers on a particular group of people when similar incidents happened in Edo, Lagos States and Abuja
READ ALSO: Mother's Day: Abia Government Liaison Officer Honours Women, Says Mothers Shape Future Leaders
BNYL also berated Wike for dragging the name of Amaechi into the matter, adding that the Biafran movement is not being sponsored by any Nigerian politician but Biafrans in diaspora.
READ ALSO: Aspirants join Akeredolu's campaign council
The sessesionist group accused the Rivers Governor of bringing Amaechi into the matter because the former Governor declared that he is an Igbo man, which according to BNYL is against the politics of Rivers State.
READ ALSO: Ofuji Ndị Igbo Sets 2026 Agenda, Promises Greater Community Engagement
"We know the politics of Rivers State, we know why Wike is politicising his fight against IPOB, if not why is he involving Amaechi, because the former Governor did not publicly deny his Igbo heritage like Wike has done," the group said.
READ ALSO: "Ikwuano Locked Down For Alex Otti" - Monday Ubani SAN Sends Strong Message To Opposition
The group accused Wike of referring to the Igbos when he called IPOB strange elements in Rivers State, adding that the Rivers people are actively involved in the Biafran movement.
BNYL dismissed claims that the Biafran struggle is aimed at annexing territories, saying, "That is the way he [Wike] understands it, even though he knows the truth but for political reasons he is covering up.
READ ALSO: How a Catholic Priest Slumped and Died While Delivering Homily in Delta Church
"He [Wike] is an Igbo man but he has to appear against the Igbo to please many in Rivers State.
READ ALSO: Plot To Assassinate Peter Obi, Soludo Reacts
"He cannot say that some group of which he is referring to Igbos are renaming his community, who does not know that Obigbo was renamed to Oyigbo after it was carved out from old Imo State during boundary adjustment?
READ ALSO: Bloodbath At Wedding: Bandits Kill 13, Abduct Many In Midnight Attack In Kaduna Community
"Who does not know that Egbema was carved into Rivers State from Imo State during same adjustment and who doesn't know Etchie people are Igbo, who doesn't know that the name Wike is an Igbo name and that Ikwerre are Igbo?
READ ALSO: #AbaDecides (UPDATE): APC Candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu Just Voted At Eziama |SEE PHOTOS
"So, how can we annex our own people, you see the politics now, he now claims Amaechi is behind it all because he thinks Amaechi is now fully involved in Igbo affairs".
READ ALSO: How FPNO Student Was Shot By A Policeman In Owerri | READ FULL DETAILS
SOURCE
Related Stories
Bloodbath At Wedding: Bandits Kill 13, Abduct Many In Midnight Attack In Kaduna Community
"Ikwuano Locked Down For Alex Otti" - Monday Ubani SAN Sends Strong Message To Opposition
Mother's Day: Abia Government Liaison Officer Honours Women, Says Mothers Shape Future Leaders
Why ICPC Is Prosecuting Mike Ozekhome Over a London Property Deal That Has Shaken Nigeria's Legal Circle | READ DETAILS
Ofuji Ndị Igbo Sets 2026 Agenda, Promises Greater Community Engagement
How a Catholic Priest Slumped and Died While Delivering Homily in Delta Church
""
— Thompson Nsisongabasi