Amnesty: Anambra Youths Back Umeh Over Amnesty For MASSOB

Following the advocacy call to the Federal Government of Nigeria by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, for the institution of an amnesty programme to rehabilitate youth members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM), groups from Anambra Youth extraction, identified as Ibezi Youth Vanguard, has thrown their weight behind Chief Umeh, admitting that many youths from Igbo extraction have been misused by some leaders.

Recall that Chief Victor Umeh, in a press briefing at Enugu, enjoined government to release unconditionally, members of the pro-Biafra groups held in cells across the country in the spirit of the national reconciliation and as well urged Federal Government to halt the prosecution of BZM members arrested in Enugu and MASSOB members standing trial, in the spirit of the amnesty.

He however likened MASSOB youths to the Niger Delta militants who were granted amnesty by the government, venting that the MASSOB youths were misused by their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike.

 Meanwhile, MASSOB, through its spokesman, Mazi Chris Mocha described Umeh as a political jobber who works against the interest of MASSOB, saying that the movement doesn’t want amnesty but Sovereignty, pointing out that MASSOB rejected Federal Government Committee on amnesty programme in 2013.

The Ibezi Youth Vanguad in a release signed by its National president, Comrade Chukwuemeka Okwose and the Publicity secretary, Ifeanyi Udoh tip Umeh as the only honest man in Igbo land for his courage on amnesty issue and as well declared him the best candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial zone, come 2015.

“Umeh’s stand on amnesty reflects the wishes of Ndi-Igbo especially the youths because our colleagues are in various cells languishing. That is the kind of thing we expect from our leaders, and not leaders who can spend 4years in the senate only to come back with a mobile and wireless toilet at the tune of N250m.

We want people that will be a voice and a father to the youths. We have been pushed to the wall in this nation, yet, nobody cares about us and that is why we need a courageous leader like Ohamadike ndi Igbo in the senate” it reads.

Francis Ekpone