Houston-based socio-political organization, World Igbo Congress will hold an emergency general meeting on Saturday.
The Igbo people residing in different parts of overseas, particularly in Europe and America,
The WIC Vice Chairman, Basil Onwukwe, disclosed it, saying that the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Igbo Congress, Festus Okere, directed him (Onwukwe) to summon the emergency meeting of Igbo leaders in the Diaspora on Saturday, Jan 25th, 2025, at noon USA Eastern time and 7:00 pm Nigerian time.
Onwukwe said the meeting is happening at a time when the Igbo leadership is inept and politicians cannot support the right to life of our youths in the public.
According to the planning committee, the main agenda of the meeting is to discuss the prolonged detention of the leader of the Ingenious People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and insecurity pervading the landscape of South East Nigeria and other parts of Igboland.
Onwukwe said that the militarization of the Igbo homeland and the deliberate plot to deprive it security is a clear present danger.
He added that the abductions and locking up or kill on sight raid in homeland is the height of betrayal and an irreconcilable threat to national unity.
Onwukwe said the meeting will enable the group to find solutions for Ndigbo and form a strong alliance to solve pending issues.