This is a petition by OHA-NA-EZE Ndi Igbo (the apex organisation of the entire Igbo people of Nigeria) on behalf of Igbo people (hereinafter referred to as Ndi Igbo) articulating some of the many violations of the human and civil rights of the Ndi Igbo and other forms of injusticesmeted to them by groups and/or governments in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999.
Ohanaeze by this petition sought reparations and appropriate restitution in compensation for the injuries which Ndi Igbo have suffered (owing to these injustices and violations of their rights), restoration andguarantee of all their rights, full reconciliation, and integration into the Nigerian Federation so asto give Ndi Igbo the necessary sense of belonging as Nigerians to enable them give their best for the overall development of our great country.
The organization in this petition articulated some of the violations of human and civil rights of Ndi Igbo and other crimes and injustices against the Igbos as only illustrative of the numerous deprivations, discriminations and violations of rights which Ndi Igbo have suffered and continue to suffer in the country.
Excision of Igbo Mineral-Rich Areas from Igboland and Neglect of Mineral Finds in Igbo Areas
“Through boundary adjustment, some mineral – rich areas of Igbo land were transferred to Rivers and former Cross Rivers State (now Akwa Ibom area). As the TSM (October 4, 1993) reported, the Obasanjo regime in its boundary adjustment exercise in 1976, pushed the Ndoni/Egbema area and parts of Ndoki South of the Imo River, which harbour the highest petroleum deposits in Nigeria, into Rivers State.
“Besides this, the Federal Government ignored, as a non-issue, mineral finds within Igboland (probably because the sites could not be merged with non-Igbo areas). Oil find in Nsukka area by SAFRAP (a Federal Oil Company) was sealed up with the expulsion of the Company during the war, and to date the Federal Government has not ordered resumption of activities. Natural Gas find in Ugwuoba, the largest deposit in Nigeria, has been sealed up as strategic reserve”
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