Ohanaeze Calls On Igbos In North To Relocate Families, Investments

The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the foremost Igbo socio-political
body,on Sunday, told Igbos in troubled areas of the North and other
parts of the country to relocate their families and investments back
home.

The President-General of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey,
made the body's position on the insurgency in parts of the North known
at an 'Ime Obi' (caucus) meeting at the body's secretariat in Enugu.

Ohanaeze-Ndigbo, at the meeting, also disclosed that it had yet to
endorse any candidate for the 2015 presidential election as
consultations on the matter were still going on.

The meeting, which discussed several national issues as they affected
the Igbos, also proposed the establishment of a defence committee,
comprising senior officers of Igbo extraction in the security
agencies, to ensure the defence of the South-East.

In his opening remarks, Enwo-Igariwey said the leadership of
Ohanaeze-Ndigbo had already met with representatives of Igbos living
in parts of the North and other areas affected by the activities of
the Boko Haram sect to discuss their safety.

He said Northern-based Igbo businessmen were encouraged to make
adjustments in order to avoid human and material losses.

Enwo-Igariwey said, "We talked about changing style of investment and
investing at home.

"We spoke of the need for our people to register wherever they are and
watch their investments in the North - wherever you are get registered
and think more of investing at home.

"We also told them to try and move their families from those troubled areas."

The Ohanaeze-Ndigbo leader informed the meeting that recently, he
received an urgent call from some Igbos, who were stranded in Yola,
after the insurgents overran parts of Adamawa State.
--PUNCH