2023: Biafra group assaults Akwa Ibom Senator, Ekpenyong Igbo presidency

The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, on Sunday, lambasted Chris Ekpenyong, Senator representing Akwa Ibom West, on his latest name for President of Igbo extraction which many believed would finish the agitation for Biafra.

BNYL Chief Press Secretary, Dianabasi Odung charged Ekpenyong to drop the decision, stressing that the previous President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency couldn’t resolve the issues of the Southeast and Southsouth.

In a press release he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, Odung disclosed that Akwa Ibom individuals are backward in Nigeria politics, including that BNYL would have been glad if Ekpenyong was calling for a referendum than Igbo presidency in 2023.

“He’s my Senator, from Ikot Ekpene, however I’m upset he has joined some Igbo politicians to agitate for Presidency of Igbo extraction, when Jonathan got here in, we thought our issues could be solved, however the reverse was the case, he happy the northerners extra and but was kicked out, so what makes these politicians of the east consider that Igbo Presidency will resolve our issues?

“Ekpenyong ought to cross invoice for referendum within the Senate if he’s sympathetic, the Igbo and Akwa Ibom folks in addition to different tribes that fought through the warfare are backward in Nigeria politics, they’ll by no means enable any Easterner to rule, we all know that, Tinubu is already positioning himself from the west, let’s discuss Biafra in Akwa Ibom , our father’s fought and died for it,” Odung stated.

He warned that BNYL received’t take part in any plan for Igbo presidency in 2023, including that they hope to revive Biafra earlier than then.