The Igbo Youth Council threatened a massive protest against the 1966 coup.
Nigeria News Nalin The report said that the World Igbo Youth Committee WIYC has amended the peaceful protests in cities in Southeast, Abuja and Lagos on March 17, 2025 until apologizing to LGBOS during the 1966 coup.
Former military head Ibrahim Babajda (RTD) said in his recent book that 1966 was not the Igbo coup.
In a statement issued Sunday, the group called on President Bola Tinubu to apologize to Igbo Nation and provide a total of $10 trillion in compensation.
According to the statement: “This need is not only a matter of financial repayment, but also a necessary recognition of the profound suffering suffered by the Ibo people, which exacerbated the loss of approximately 3.8 million lives (1966-1970) during the Nigerian-Biafra War.”!
The statement added: “From 17 March 2025, WIYC will conduct peaceful protests in selected cities in the southeast, as well as in Abuja and Lagos.
“These demonstrations will be a powerful reminder of our collective voice and a firm need for justice. We are trying to force the federal government to recognize the urgent need for apology, which is crucial to any true spirit of national reconciliation.
“The federal government has a moral obligation to commemorate the memories of the 3.8 million Igbo lives tragically lost during the Nigeria-Biafra conflict.
“We implored President Tinob to summon his moral authority and formally recognize the ongoing consequences of the Biafra War – although declared 1970 as 1970, it has become a new, sinister struggle marked by economic disenfranchise and systemic inequality.
“The consequences of this new conflict are more harmful than physical violence and destruction between 1966 and 1970.
“The iteration of the current Biafra struggle is manifested by the intentional closure of important economic corridors in the former eastern region.
“Most notably, the permanent closure of the Calabar harbor forced dependence on the port of Lagos, seriously undermining the economic viability of the Igbo people.”
“In addition, the political landscape continues to curb Igbo’s desire for leadership, which is in the ongoing restrictions on eligible Igbo candidates who volunteer to serve as president, promoted by an unequal quota system that puts its subordinates and abilities politically.
“In addition, we assert that the military leaders’ conspiracy reduces the Southeast to five countries, indicating a systematic effort to undermine the socio-political figure of the Igbo people.
“This manipulation has spread a cycle of disenfranchisement of civil rights that continues to devalue our cultural and national identities.
“In view of these realities, we call on the federal government to fully implement the ECOWAS judgment from 2017, which requires compensation for victims of the Nigeria-Biafra war.
“Full compliance with the Directive not only recognizes the historical injustice faced by the Igbo country, but also symbolizes an important step towards healing the scars of war across the country.
“All in all, the World Igbo Youth Council remains unwavering in its firm pursuit of Igbo’s justice, recognition and compensation.
“We will not shake our determination; our collective action will signal the world that we will not be ignored or ignored when we advocate for the dignity and rights of the Igbo nation.
“The real path to reconciliation is honest, acknowledged and just, and that’s the path we ask the federal government to assume.”
