South-East governors denies warning FG over killing of IPOB members

South-East governors have condemned the reports that claiming that they have sent warning to the Federal Government, urging it to “stop the killing IPOB members.

                     The South-East Governors’ Forum on Friday denied an online report that it had, at a meeting held in Abakailiki, the Ebonyi State capital, warned the Federal Government against killing members of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
In a statement on Friday signed by the Director-General of the forum, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, and the forum’s Director of Media and Communication, Michael Ike Udah, in Awka, Anambra State, the governors said such meeting did not take place, thus, such story was false. The forum condemned the report, saying it was intended to undermine the milestone already recorded on the issue.
The statement read in part, “The attention of the South-East Governors’ Forum has been drawn to false and unfounded news published online to the effect that the South- East Governors did send a strong warning to the Federal Government, urging it to “stop the killing IPOB members.
“In order to put the record straight, the South-East Governors’ Forum hereby states that there is no iota of truth in the said publication. The chairman of the forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Dave Umahi, is currently out of the country and was not even in Ebonyi State on the said Wednesday, September 6, 2017 when the alleged emergency meeting of South-East Governors purportedly took place.
“No South-East governor or their deputies attended any meeting, emergency or regular, in Abakaliki, on the said date.
“South-East Governors’ Forum reaffirms its belief in the amicable resolution of all issues especially as it relates to agitations by IPOB.”