By CHARLES IWUOHA

The Igbo Nationalists Movement has told the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, that he has not yet served the Igbos selflessly.

The Convener of the group, Uche Mefor, made this statement on Friday while addressing newsmen concerning the marginalization of the South-East region.

While urging the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide to focus on achieving an additional state for the South-East, Mefor urged Iwuanyanwu to be more forceful in his demands to achieve results.

According to Mefor, “Chief Iwuanyawu, the truth is that you have not yet served the South-East, the Igbos with your full heart. If you really have the interest of the South-East, the Igbos at heart, the Igbo-Biafra Nationalists and the Indigenous People of Igbo Nation for Self-Determination have advised you to use your good offices to inspire leadership at the levels of political, economic and social development of the South-East by championing the creation of additional state(s) for the South-East.

“This entails working with the state governments in the whole of the South-East to take the Nigerian state to court over the political and economic discrimination and marginalisation of the South-East, the Igbos in Nigeria, on the conditionalities that the future of the Igbos in Nigeria must be negotiated with Nigeria.

“Do that with your full chest and stop playing politics with the future of the South-East, the Igbos in Nigeria.

“Once done, you would have paid your dues and be sure that the South-Easterners, the Igbos will stake everything they hold dear for you.

“We have written the South-East political representatives through you and outlined our proposals. If you are not working for or are not a Fulani stooge as being alleged in some quarters, prove the detractors wrong by taking the critical steps outlined in our proposal. Your predecessor did not finish his tenure, the forces of heaven and earth have now provided you the opportunity to leave an enduring legacy. It is now or never,” he said.