United Nations Mayor of Peace, Ambassador Lucky Igbokwe has advised the youths across Igbo land to have a second thought and resist the temptation of being instrumental to the destruction of the Igbo nation.
Igbokwe said this in a statement made available to QuickNews Africa on Sunday night, against the backdrop of the attacks on security formation, its personnel as well government owned facilities by yet-to-be identified gunmen in the country particularly states of the southeast and south-south Nigeria.
He lamented that the wanton and unwarranted attacks on security stations cannot be a sustainable path to equity and justice, adding that the civil unrest if allowed to continue would cause unimaginable harm than good, in the existence of Igbo nation and indeed, Nigeria as a whole.
He also expressed discomfort at the present condition of the people of the southeast zone of igbo extraction, further lamenting that the issues of marginalization and nepotism are well established against the Igbo nation in the present Nigeria system.
Igbokwe harped on the need for government and aggrieved parties to dialogue so as to douse tension, and as well return Nigeria to the path of economic and infrastructural greatness.
According to the statement it reads:
“I bring you good tidings of peace. Tidings to make us pause and ponder over our current situation and where it’ll lead us to in the future. Today, I ask my fellow youth, who is going to benefit from the destruction of institutions that are established to secure our people?
“Five decades after the civil war ended when our parents had managed to make a meaningful progress from the ruins of the war, the little infrastructure we have, we are destroying. The peace we are known for, has become a scarce commodity. The bloodshed we have wiped off our minds has resumed flow on our soil? Why? Our aged are in panic, our children are confused and in fear. To What end are we bent on destroying our land?
“Let’s resolve to tow the path of peaceful negotiations, protect our land and heritage, and as well restore peace in our land,” he advised.
