Ohanaeze Ndigbo has invited members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) for peace and reconciliation meeting aimed at reducing crime in the region.
This follows the directive of the South-East governors and leaders, calling for reconciliation to ensure lasting peace.
Also invited for the meeting are Biafra National Guard (BNG), Biafran Zionists Movement (BZM) and various organisations and associations operating in the zone and Igbo land in general.
The Reconciliation Committee, it was gathered, comprises over 50 influential Igbos. They include members of the National Assembly, serving ministers, prominent traditional rulers, clergies, technocrats and businessmen was inaugurated last week at the Ohanaeze headquarters in Enugu.
The reconciliation committee extended invitations to the groups and has already embarked on broad consultations with stakeholders and leaders across the South-East region, the nation at large and the Diaspora.
The committee said the ultimate objective of the exercise is to ensure peace, development, security and safety of Ndigbo wherever they are particularly in their homeland.
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo urged Ndigbo everywhere to make “every effort and contributions necessary to guarantee peace and security in Igboland”.
The Apex-Igbo socio-cultural group urged Ndigbo to “send any information, suggestions, petitions, and documents that would facilitate the work of the committee to Ohanaeze National Secretariat, Enugu, through the Committee Secretary , Peter Aneke.
