Biafra: Count me out of your negotiation team, Arthur Nwankwo to RE-IPOB

– The Chancellor of Eastern Mandate Union (EMU), Dr Arthur Nwankwo has made a public statement

– Dr Nwankwo has disassociated himself from the self-acclaimed Reformed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (RE-IPOB)

– The group named him as one of their preferred negotiators with the federal government

Renowned author and political scientist, Dr Arthur Nwankwo has disassociated himself  from the Reformed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (RE-IPOB) which listed him as one of their negotiators with the federal government.

Dr Arthur Nwankwo

In a press statement distributed to media houses yesterday, August 31, Dr Nwankwo declared that he had nothing to do with the group.

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He also expressed displeasure over the action of the group, condemning them for involving him in their affairs, even as he demanded for immediate retraction.

He described the inclusion of his name as “absolutely scandal­ous and totally unaccept­able”, warning the group to stop dropping his name and count him pout of their affairs.

Nwankwo’s name was listed alongside 14 other prominent Nigerians by the splinter group to negotiate on its behalf with the federal government. 

Other prominent names in the list includes former Imo state governor; Chief Ikedi Ohakim, former Akwa Ibom state governor; Obong Victor Attah, former minister of information; Professor Jerry Gana and renowned author; Professor Wole Soyinka.

The new pro-Biafra group emerged from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and named one Jonathan Kurubo from Bayelsa state as its leader.

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Meanwhile, the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned the inclusion of its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu as one of those selected to negotiate with the federal government by RE-IPOB.

MASSOB frowned at the decision and reaffirmed its commitment to continue the struggle for Biafra, adding that the over 17 years of struggle for the actualisation of Biafra cannot be halted.

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