The Itsekiri ethnic nationality of Warri, Delta State, has expressed surprised that some Igbo interest groups in the South-East that have been agitating for the Biafra Republic out of Nigeria have gone ahead to include the whole of the Niger Delta in the said Republic,dissociating itself completely from such move.
The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILT), in a statement by its Chairman, Pa Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko said that never again will the Itsekiri tolerate invasion of their territory by Igbos as they did in 1967, adding that the Itsekiri nation is committed to the
unity of Nigeria and will do all it can to promote and protect it as one indivisible country.
“As Major General Philip Effiong said on January 14, 1970, the Republic of Biafra ceased to exist. We, the Itsekiri, wish it to be eternally so for the peace and development of our great nation.” [myad]
