Founder and leader of the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has accused the Federal Government of masterminding the plan by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to probe Air Peace’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Allen Onyema.
Chief Uwazuruike, on Wednesday, described the recent probe of Onyema as ‘persecution against Ndigbo’.
The BIM leader, while reacting to the plan by EFCC to launch a probe against Onyema, and the recent call by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Loretta Onochie, asking Onyema to face his charges in the United States of America, said there were fillers to the thinking that the Presidency was behind it.
He said that Onochie spoke the mind of the Presidency but warned that the Igbo would rise against any plan to humiliate Onyema.
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The anti-graft agency had, on Saturday, set up a special panel to wade into the allegation of fraud and money laundering against Onyema.
But Uwazuruike insisted that the allegation of fraud against Onyema was a calculated attempt to persecute Ndigbo.
According to him, “I am Ijele of Igboland and it’s my responsibility to defend Igbo people, since the demise of Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu which Onyema is one of, and I tell you that I have all it takes to resist the FG from persecuting my people.
“We have been pushed to the wall by the Federal Government and Onyema’s case will prove a point, so he should not be intimidated and must remain firm.” (PUNCH)
