We are not part of movement for the creation of Biafra Republic – Itsekiri nation

The Itsekiri ethnic group of Warri, Delta State, has distanced itself from the calls for creation of a
Biafra Republic out of Nigeria.
The Independent People of Biafra, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu has been drumming to breakout of the country.
The Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILT, expressed the group’s concern over the Igbo agitation yesterday in a statement by its Chairman, Pa Johnson Ayomike and Secretary, Edward Ekpoko.
The body said it was disturbed that the proposed Biafra Republic as widely reported in the social media included the whole of Delta State.
The statement stressed: “We recall with pains the day the defunct Biafran Army invaded Warri and Benin in the then Midwest Region on August 9, 1967. Never again will the Itsekiri tolerate such invasion. “The Itsekiri nation is committed to the unity of Nigeria and will do all it can to promote and protect it as one indivisible country. As Major General Philip Effiong said on January 14 1970, the Republic of Biafra ceased to exist. We, the Itsekiri, wish it to be eternally so for the peace and development of our great nation.”