The Nation Newspaper Ohaneze denies planning to apologise over 1966 coup
The President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has categorically denied allegations made by the Indigenous People of Biafra that he intended to apologize to the Fulanis for the killing of Sir Ahmadu Bello and Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa during the 1966 coup.
“I was shocked to read a voicemail message which was circulating all over the country and all over the world alleging that we held a meeting in Enugu and that the meeting was poorly attended where the decision was taken that we are going to Sokoto to apologise to the Fulanis over the death of Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa and other Northerners.”
He explained that the recent retreat in Enugu was actually a meeting of committees established for the development of Igboland and that the issue of apologizing to the Fulanis was never discussed.He emphasized that the Igbos were not responsible for the 1966 coup, which he described as a purely military affair.
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