Igala Not Part of BIAFRA - Ufedo Foundation

Press Release: The attention of Ufedo Foundation has been drawn to a purported map of the proposed Republic of Biafra by agitators from a section of the South-East geo-political zone of the country. The agitators are clamouring for the creation of a Republic of Biafra out of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the said map, the Igala Kingdom in the Eastern part of Kogi State was included as forming a part of the proposed Republic of Biafra.

While we acknowledge the right of the agitators for what they consider as legitimately theirs, Ufedo Foundation as an association of Igala sons and daughters wishes to categorically disassociate itself from the the inclusion of Igala kingdom in the so-called map of Biafra. The FOUNDATION further wishes to state that, there has never been a meeting held between the Igalas of Kogi state and the leadership of Biafran agitators with a view to discussing their inclusion, or otherwise, in the Biafran arrangement. Neither has there been any discussion, or any contemplation for the Igala kingdom to move out of the present Nigerian state and join the Biafra proposed Republic.
For the Biafran agitators to single-handedly carve a map of their proposed Republic and include the Igala kingdom - the 9th largest ethnic group in Nigeria - without recourse to the race amounts to fraud and a grave insult to the Igala race. We demand an OPEN APOLOGY for the insult, and immediate retraction of the wrongful inclusion.
The Igalas are not against the agitators of Biafra Republic for its intent and purpose, but are against the forceful inclusion of Igala kingdom without due consultations. More so, the Igalas are more than satisfied being in Nigeria. The Igala race is satisfied and contented with her existence in the present Nigerian nation and therefore, not contemplating any secession.
We wish to emphasize that Ufedo Foundation is a non-political and non-partisan association of Igala sons and daughters of all fields of human endeavours. Our major aim is to work for the development and unity of the Igala race and the kingdom.
We say CAPITAL NO to any mischievous inclusion of our land and kingdom in the Biafran dream.
God bless IGALA Kingdom!
God bless Kogi State!!
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!