SAN FRANCISCO, September 07, (THEWILL) – The South-East Governors’ Forum has described a report that it accused the Federal Government of killing members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) members as a “tissue of lie from the pit of hell.”
The Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uzor, further described the report as a figment of the imagination of the writer.
He noted that although it was the forum’s responsibility to protect the lives and property of people in the region, including IPOB members, it should not be linked to politics.
Umahi declared that the report was intended to embarrass the forum and bring confusion between the governors and Federal Government to thwart the peace processes initiated with IPOB.
“The originators of the falsehood are trying to sabotage the process of moving the zone forward and achieve lasting peace in it,” the statement read.
“The writer and his paymasters, failed to appreciate the peace agreements reached between the governors’ forum and leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, during its last meeting in Enugu.
“The forum, therefore, wishes to assure the public that the communiqué raised during its last meeting with IPOB leadership still stands and anybody circulating any contrary report is Ndigbo’s real enemy.
“Such reports should, therefore, be disregarded as there was no such meeting against the Federal Government by the forum.
“The forum is working in synergy with the Federal Government and other federating units towards economic and regional integration and development of the south-east region.”
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