n Igbo group in the Diaspora, Biafran
Government in Exile, has suggested that the proscribed Indigenous People
of Biafra should change its name and continue its push for the
sovereignty of Biafra under a new name – Zionist Movement of Jews in
Africa South of the Sahara, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
A correspondence shared to some members of the group, which was made available to Saturday PUNCH,
also showed that the group had set up a Biafran Steering Committee,
made up of professionals in the Diaspora, to meet and discuss the next
line of action following the proscription of IPOB by the Federal
Government.
A document from a member of BGIE, Dr. Peter Ejirika, which was made available to Saturday PUNCH
via email, said, “Definitely, we have been aware that referendum is a
critical point on the Biafran success, but the question is how do we
collectively get on this path? An integral part of the answer is the
realisation that IPOB is only but an infinitesimal echelon of the search
for the self-determination of Biafra and ultimate sovereignty.
“Invariably, the push should continue
under a different name. Thus, the ultimate outcome of the proscription
of an unarmed entity as a terrorist organisation should be the change of
its nomenclature from IPOB to Zionist Movement of Jews in Africa South
of the Sahara.”
In another email correspondence shared
with some members of the group, Ejirika said, “Hail Biafra, I need to
remind us that the Israelites had to pass through the desert to make it
to the Promised Land. Metaphorically, Nigeria, to all intents and
purposes, is our Egypt while Biafra is our promised land.
Fellow
Biafrans, listed below are the names of Biafran Steering Committee
members, who would be contacted to meet, at some point to discuss the
philosophical question of where do we go from here?”
Those identified as members of the
committee in the document, include Lady Edith Ogechi Okeke, Dr.
Afamefula, Dr. Achike, Dr. Oguchi Nkwocha, Ihediwa of Houston, Peter,
Evans Anuforo and Dr. Clifford Iroanya.
Others are Dr. Chukwuma Egemba, Dr. Peter Ejirika, Chadwick Okoye, Onyema Nkwocha, Dr. Clement Okoro and Osita Ebiem.
But when Saturday PUNCH reached
out to one of the members of the committee, Iroanya, he said he had
received an email containing the list of the members of the committee,
including his name, without any prior notice.
“I don’t know about the so-called Biafra
Steering Committee because I got the email with my name and email
listed just the same way you got the email,” he said in an email to one
of our correspondents.
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