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Cancel Gowon’s invitation to your inauguration, IPOB mounts pressure on LP Abia gov-elect, Otti

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has advised Abia Governor-Elect Dr. Alex Otti to cancel the invitation extended to former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon(rtd) to his inauguration.

The pro-separatist group said In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful on Friday that the extension of the invitation to Gowon to attend the inauguration would invoke past memories of 1967 genocide against the Biafra people.

He advised Oti not to commence his tenure with the memories of “our people massacred during the 1967 Genocide against the Biafran people.

“We want to advise  Dr. Alex Oti, the incoming Governor of Abia State not to commence his tenure with insulting the memories of our people massacred during the 1967 Genocide against the Biafran people. He must not take the goodwill of our people for granted by such reckless action if indeed he is the person behind Gowon’s invitation to his inauguration. 

“It is very imperative that he cancel the invitation of General Yakubu Gowon to his inaugural prayers scheduled for Sunday, April 23, 2023.

“IPOB want to believe that Dr. Oti can not and will not exhibit this high level of insensitivity to invite a man who led the massacre of Biafrans during the genocidal war into Biafraland as his first act as the newly elected governor of Abia State.”

The Nation

Raufu Musliyu

Raufu Musliyu is the Editor-in-Chief of News Flash Media Service. He is a PhD Student of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in the field of Mass Communication. Musliyu holds Masters of Science (M.Sc) Degree in Mass Communication majoring in Public Relations/Advertising. He also holds Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication. The Editor-in-Chief also bagged Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Relations. He is an Associate of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON). Musliyu is the Head of Corporate of Affairs & Administration of Abdulrauf Jimoh & Co.

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