The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday accused the federal government of not appointing Igbos into key positions.
IPOB queried why the federal government refused to appoint Igbos as the chief of defence staff, chief of army staff, inspector -general of police, director of the Department of State Services (DSS), and the National Security Adviser, among others.
In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB wondered why Igbos cannot secure appointments into the Central Bank of Nigeria, the NNPC, Customs, and others.
“Are Igbo individuals not eligible for the positions of chief of defense staff, chief of army staff, inspector-general of police, DSS director, NSA, and others?
“Are our young people not capable of securing jobs in the Central Bank, NNPC, EFCC, Customs, and other profitable parastatals in Nigeria?
Read also: IPOB warns against embezzlement of N250bn for South-East commission
“What actions has the federal government taken to support the families of soldiers who died on active duty defending Nigeria?
“Why were the valiant Igbo soldiers who allied with their peers to prevent Nigeria’s downfall in 1966 characterized, betrayed, and labeled the Igbo coup plotters, resulting in the slaughter of thousands of Ndigbo in the North during that same year?
“We asked the federal government and its army, which is infiltrated by terrorists, to disclose the names of all Nigerian Army personnel killed by the Boko Haram, ISWAP, Al-Qaeda, Fulani Miyetti Allah terrorists, and other related terrorist organizations in Northern Nigeria from 2015 to the present.
“The Nigerian Army declined to disclose the identities of the killed soldiers since more than 70 percent of the deceased were Igbo.
“The federal government intends to enlist Igbo young people and dispatch them to the killing fields of Northern terrorists as a means of population reduction,” IPOB alleged.
