The Coalition of Concerned Igbo Religious Leaders (Christian, Traditional and Interfaith) has declared that the forces that twisted the Aburi Accord leading to the Biafra war are still working against Igbo interests.
The coalition, which comprises bishops, pastors, priests, and custodians of Igbo traditional spirituality across, spoke in a statement released by Rev Tony Uzor Anthony on Wednesday in Umuahia.
The religious leaders said they decided to speak out not because of partisan politics but from the moral and spiritual duty to defend truth, protect the people and confront the recurring betrayal that has long plagued the Igbo nation.
“The same forces that twisted the Aburi Accord in 1967 are at work again today. The method is identical: take an agreement or a defensive initiative born of necessity, distort it through propaganda, and blame the victim for the ensuing crisis. In 1967, the Aburi Accord in Ghana produced a clear understanding that Nigeria must be restructured on a confederal basis to guarantee regional autonomy and protect the Eastern Region from marginalisation. Yet Britain and the Nigerian military government, through deliberate distortion and bad faith, reframed that consensus as “Ojukwu’s ultimatum for war.” The result was a brutal conflict that cost millions of Igbo lives. today, history repeats itself with chilling precision,” the statement said.
The religious leaders noted that the Eastern Security Network, ESN, was birthed by necessity after Igbo governors, backed by then-Army Chief Tukur Buratai, unilaterally proscribed IPOB and invited the Nigerian military under the guise of Operation Python Dance II.
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