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IPOB calls for Bulkachuwa’s arrest over anti- Igbo comments

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19 July 2022

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called for the arrest of Bauchi Senator, Adamu Bulkachuwa over his alleged anti-Igbo comment.

IPOB said the Senate Committee Chairman on Foreign Affairs’s recent comment was a call for genocide against the Igbos residing in the Southeast.

The group frowned on his statement that the South East is home to criminals, rebels and deserve to be eliminated, describing such utterance as inciting and reckless.

They call for the Senator arrested and prosecuted for calling for a genocide against the Igbos.

In a statement, on Monday, the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said their attention had been drawn to the hate speech by Bulkachuwa against Igbo race and Biafrans in general.

“What else could be more inciting than such a reckless utterance by a supposed Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bulkachuwa, to say that South East is home to criminals, rebels and deserve to be eliminated? The statement, which he made while featuring on a live programme of a national television, Channels TV, is a call for genocide and should not be swept under the carpet,” the statement which read in parts, said.

IPOB said Bulkachuwa’s recent outburst was a call for genocide against the Igbos residing in the Southeast, describing the comment by the lawmaker as reckless.

“Bulkachuwa had the temerity to spew the following against the Igbo: ‘They’re just rebels, arsonists, and criminals in short. So, what are we going to consider to even give them a chance to come and say their wish and let Nigeria tremble and bow before them and say ‘okay, we’ve granted you your wish.’”

The separatist group urged the international community to hold Bulkachuwa responsible if genocide breaks out in the Southeast.

IPOB lamented that the Senator is working freely because he was speaking the mind of the cabals allegedly holding Nigeria captive.

“Why should Bulkachuwa call for death of the Igbo race and is still walking around as if nothing happened?” it queried.