The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organisation has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deploy more soldiers to the South-East region, stressing that Finland-based agitator, Simon Ekpa, has declared a second Biafra war.
The organisation in a statement by its Secretary General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, also slammed a $500,000 bounty on Ekpa.
According to Ohanaeze, President Tinubu should help the region by deploying soldiers to every corner of the Southeast.
Isiguzoro said: “We are telling Tinubu that the second Biafra war has begun, and he should deploy soldiers to all the nooks and crannies of the Southeast.
“The Southeast governors need help, and Ohanaeze is asking the Southeast governors to defend themselves from external enemies.
“At this point in time, we can’t allow somebody in far-away Finland to dictate the pace.
“The government of Ebonyi State and the Southeast must ensure that the terrorist activities of Ekpa are solved in his homeland.
“What we are saying is that Ekpa has declared a second civil war in the Southeast, and anybody with useful information will be given $500,000.
”This is a self-help to ensure that our people get a secure environment.
“The Southeast governors appear to be weak, and they are using the wrong approach in dealing with Ekpa. Our suspicion has been confirmed that what Ekpa is doing is to destroy the economy of the Southeast.”
