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Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) on Wednesday rejected the United States (US) military action in Nigeria for religious purposes, and instead advocated military action to facilitate an urgent referendum in Nigeria.
OYC President, Comrade Igboayaka Igboayaka, in a statement, noted that the proposed US military action as announced by President Donald Trump would be counter-productive in addressing Nigeria’s long standing security issues which have resulted in the mass killing of Christians in Nigeria.
According to him “the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria appreciate the concern of the US regarding the deliberate killing of Christians in Nigeria, particularly in Eastern Nigeria and the Middle Belt. However, he advocated that military action should not be based on religious purposes, but rather to persuade the federal government to initiate an urgent referendum within a political framework.
“The Igbo people have no need for US military intervention on perceived religious grounds. Rather, the Ndigbo urgently requires a referendum in Nigeria. A referendum is currently the most pressing requirement for Nigeria. The crowning achievement of our era would be to drive Nigeria towards an eventual referendum.
“We respectfully request that President Trump consider commemorating a mass burial for the unarmed innocent Christian protesters of IPOB who were celebrating his victory and simultaneously call for the release of their leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
Igboayaka also made reference to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report which show that from May 2023 to April 2024, insecurity led to the killing of 614,373 Nigerians while urging President Trump to facilitate an end to Christian genocide by supporting Nigerian Christians in conducting a referendum within one year, thereby minimizing further casualties.
“We beckon on President Trump to know that Christian killings in Nigeria are driven by economic interests, territorial or land grabbing ambitions, ethnic cleansing, and political oligarchy system, utilizing fulani herdsmen, bandits, and jihadists as a platform for destruction against Christians in Nigeria,” he said.
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