Mobin Media has obtained a letter addressed to the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Dr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, dated 27 May 2024 disclosing that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has given its mandate to MOBIN to partner with the Igbo Apex Organisation and do everything necessary to restore the peace and dignity of Igbo Nation and bring the rebellious children back to the Elders of Igboland for the peace, love, unity, security, and progress of Igboland. A screenshot of the letter attached to this News Report disclosed the reason and basis of the mandate given to MOBIN by Ohanaeze Ndigbo following a meeting held between the President General and the Chairman of MOBIN, Barr. Dr. Emeka Emekesiri, at Owerri, Imo State. An excerpt from the letter reads as follows:
Ohanaeze Ndigbo is like the father of all Igbo people which should govern the people under Customary Law, but it has failed. If by a natural disaster or anarchy or an act of God beyond human control the country called Nigeria disintegrates today, Ohanaeze Ndigbo will not be able to gather its children together because the children have rebelled against the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. There is serious rebellion of the youths against the Elders of Igboland. Other regions would be peaceful, but the East would be in anarchy. Already there is anarchy and lawlessness in the East with their sit-at-home order every Monday while other regions are peaceful.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has disappointed the youths of Igbo Nation and lost its power to manage and control the youths. The Elders of Igboland do not understand and share the feelings and frustrations of the youths. Therefore, the youths have rebelled against the Elders and described Ohanaeze Ndigbo as “Ohanaeze Ndioshi” and “saboteurs” and “traitors” and “Judas Iscariots of Igboland”.
In comparison with the North and West, the people of Arewa have passed their Sharia Government Bill into law and established the Sharia Government in the North with their own Sharia Police called the HISBA Police while the West has the AMOTEKUN for the Oduduwa people backed by their States Legislation. But the Igbo Nation refused to pass the Customary Government Bill into law which could have been a very good structure to hold the Igbo Nation together. We have NDINCHE under Customary Law which is like the Hisba under Sharia Law. It is pertinent to note that both the Sharia Law and Customary Law are recognised by the Nigerian Constitution. While the Northerners used the Sharia Law to build a government structure for themselves within Nigeria, the people of the East refused to use the Customary Law to build a structure to govern themselves.
The Igbo People are tired of Nigeria as it is presently constituted and are therefore agitating for self-determination either by restructuring and devolution of power to the regions within Nigeria just like Scotland governs itself within Britain or as an outright independent nation by whatever name they decide to adopt. MOBIN has carried out the necessary studies and research and concluded that Restructuring of Nigeria by devolution of power to the regions is the best alternative for all regions in Nigeria.
Consequently, MOBIN has submitted and presented the Memorandum to the National Assembly to restructure Nigeria by way of devolution of power to the six geopolitical regions of Nigeria so that every region will govern itself and develop at its own pace just as Britain has four autonomous self-governing regions called Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. We have made it clear to the Nigerian Government that we are Biafrans by indigenous identity living in Nigeria just as the Arewa and Oduduwa people live in Nigeria, but we are all Nigerians by citizenship. Self-determination is a fundamental human right, but it must be done lawfully.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo is expected to be in the frontline of the struggle for self-determination, but it is indifferent and callous to the sufferings of the people. Therefore, a leadership vacuum was created which some charlatans and imposters hijacked and presented themselves as the leaders of Igbo Nation, and by powerful radio propaganda, they drew the youths away from the Elders of Igboland. There is no peace in Igboland anymore because the rebellious children have hijacked power. However, they may think that they have power, but they do not have authority. Power and Authority are two different things.
MOBIN has come to restore the peace and dignity of Igbo Nation. It is registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja with noble objects. It is the organization that presented the Memorandum to the National Assembly for Restructuring and Devolution of Power to the Regions. One of its registered objects is to provide community government services. It has the capacity to restore the peace and dignity of Igbo Nation. The Chairman of MOBIN is the vision bearer for self-determination by legal methodology and political diplomacy. The National Assembly shall soon call for a Public Hearing of the Memorandum we submitted for Restructuring of Nigeria by Devolution of Power to the Regions.
Some Igbo people interviewed by Mobin Media regarding this development expressed great joy at the news that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has finally joined the struggle for self-determination. Even though the nature and type of self-determination is disputed among the people as some want outright independence while others want Regional Autonomy, the fact that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accepted the vision of MOBIN and joined the struggle for Restructuring and Devolution of Power to the Regions to create Regional Autonomy is a welcome development. The letter disclosed that the National Assembly would soon call for a Public Hearing of the Memorandum submitted by MOBIN for Restructuring of Nigeria to Regional Autonomy by Devolution of Power to the six geopolitical Regions so that every Region would govern itself and develop at its own pace as practised in the Great Britain which has four nations in one country, namely: Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. If Britain could practise Regional Autonomy and become great, why not Nigeria?