The Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC) has made a startling accusation against the Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, alleging that he is incapable of protecting the lives and properties of the citizens of Ebonyi State. This accusation comes on the heels of the arrest of Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, the OYC President, which the council claims was orchestrated by the governor to silence their voice and pave the way for Fulani killer herdsmen to wreak havoc on Igbo land.
According to a statement released by the OYC Publicity Secretary, Comrade Chinedu Ikem, the council’s intelligent unit has uncovered a sinister plot by the Ebonyi State government to secretly try and jail their president. The council alleges that Hon. Jude Chikadibia Okpor, the Commissioner for Information in Ebonyi State, has been instrumental in this plot, working closely with the Commissioner of Police to concoct allegations against Igboayaka.
The OYC has condemned the alleged kidnapping of their president, which they claim was carried out by the government without the knowledge or involvement of the Imo State Police Command. The Ebonyi state government sponsored abduction of our leader is a slap on the face of Igbo youths and we call on the governor Nwifuru to as a matter of urgency release Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka and apologize to OYC and Igbo nation or resign
His act proves that he is in support of the Fulani bandits who have been terrorizing our land by not going after the attackers of Nkaleha community instead chooses to go after the OYC National president who advised of the impending attack
It’s so shameful that the Nigeria police has been an instrument of oppression instead of protecting the cizens , Nigeria police has been reduced to be instrument of kidnapping because we maintained that our national president was kidnapped because Imo state government has no knowledge of the so called arrest , how can someone disappear in Owerri Imo state and appear in Ebonyi state without the knowledge of Imo state police command and you call it an arrest
Our national president has been denied access to her phone , legal counsels , family members since his abduction on Saturday night
We call on the Igbo leaders and the Inspector general of police to investigate this illegal abduction and bring those involved to book
We Igbo youths will not allow the polician to turn our citizens of victims in their own land , many Igbo youths are migrating to other regions and countries because of the intimidation and abduction of innocent youths in Southeast where sometimes some of them are tagged IPOB member in other to eliminate them , many youths who got abducted in such a way has never returned and it was the exact plan of Gov Nwifuru led government to make the OYC president to disappear without a trace that’s why they off his phones , took his car and denied every access to know their location
No one has seen Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka since that Saturday 8th February 2025 up till this moment and we are even worried of his safety and wellbeing knowing how unprofessional Nigeria police act
We demand his immediate release now and apology or Gov. Nwifuru should resign immediately , we shall shutdown Ebonyi state in peaceful protest if our leader is not released immediately.
