N100 Trillion for Justice: Igbo Groups Make a Stand for Compensation

An Igbo organization called the Njiko Igbo Forum has demanded N100 trillion from the Nigerian government in response to the injustices experienced by the Igbo people from 1966 to the present. This demand is motivated by the disclosures made by former military Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup.

In his recently published memoir, "A Journey in Service," Babangida cleared the Igbo of any involvement in the coup plot.
 

In a statement released by its president, Rev. Okechukwu Obioha, Njiko Igbo, an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, responded to the development by requesting that Southeast National Assembly members submit a bill to the National Assembly requesting N100 trillion in compensation for the injustices that the Igbo had to endure due to the false impression.

This is restitution for the millions of people died during the civil war, the rejection, the hatred, the marginalization, the pogrom/genocide, and the financial losses brought on by the destruction of businesses, properties, and other assets as a result of a false narrative.

"It is now extremely evident that the commanders and leaders of the January Coup of 1966, also referred to as the 'Igbo coup,' were Adewale Ademoyega of Yoruba, Kaduna Nzeogwu of Delta, Capt. G. Adeleke of Yoruba, Lt. Fola Oyewole of Yoruba, Emmanuel Ifeajuna of Igbo, Lt. Tijani Katsina of Hausa, Capt. Gibson Jalo of the Niger Delta, and Lt. O. Olafemiyan of Yoruba," the group stated.

It further stated that additional information has come to light, demonstrating that the true goal of the coup was to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison and place him as Prime Minister of Nigeria.

Some people who were actively involved or had firsthand knowledge of the coup's preparations have verified it.

The message clarified that Awolowo would have been freed and become prime minister if the coup had proceeded according to plan.

With the evidence now in place, it further stated that "Nigeria must apologize to the Igbo and make efforts to assuage them by paying compensation, which, no matter how much, cannot be equated with the millions of lives lost during the war and their subjugation for 55 years – from January 15, 1970 (when the war is said to have ended) to February 2025."

The organization also called on Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to provide more information about the general election in 2023.

After Peter Obi is gone, the group stated, "We will not want another memoir written by, perhaps, President Tinubu or Prof. Mahmoud, the INEC Chairman, as Chief MKO Abiola is being written about and confirmed today as the winner of the 1993 presidential election."