Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised the alarm over alledged plan by Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami to deploy the newly acquired Tucano jets to the South-East region.
This is coming after a press conference by the minister of Justice where he accused the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB of being behind series of attack on security formations.
Reacting, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization described Malami’s claim as a latest attempt to justify the planned deployment of the fighter jets to the South-East zone.
In a statement by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of the Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the group said: “Malami is setting the stage for the justification for the deployment of the acquired Tucano Fighter Jets to the Southern part of Country.
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“The Federal Government has concluded the strategies to use the Super Tucano Fighter Jets in the South-East.
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“We raising this alarm because it appears that there is a concluded plan to invade the Sout-East in the name of fighting terrorism but they should reconsider the lives of innocent civilians who are at risk of these plans”.
He further said, “we are aware of the conditions attached to the acquisition of the Tucano Jets, which was limited to the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East.
“What Malami is doing now is to convince the world that the IPOB is a terrorist organization and then unleash the jets on the South-East and totally annihilate the Igbos. This is totally unacceptable.
“We are calling on President Buhari not to deploy any Tucano Jets to the South-East. We believe that bandits that shot down Military Aircraft and shot at Abuja/ Kaduna Train should be declared terrorists before any deployment to the South-East.”
