SEAMATA DISASSOCIATE SELFFROM PR- BIAFRA PROTEST CALLS FOR CAUTION IN ITS ACTIONS

Traders in South East Geo-Political

Zone, under the aegis of SouthEast Markets

Amalgamated Traders Association, SEAMATA,

has disowned theMovement for the

Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,

MASSOB and theIndigenous People of Biafra,

IPOB, and their agitation and activities for

the actualization of Sovereign State of

Biafra. Addressing newsmen yesterday in

Onitsha the traders through a statement signed

by Chief Okwudili Ezenwanko and

Honourable Temple Udeh,President General

and Secretary General respectively, of

SEAMATA, said they are constrained to react to

the continuous calls for the closure of

business in south east in protest and solidarity

for actualization of Biafra agitators. 

The news conference by the traders was attended by Chief Christian Nwabuani, Vice President, Abia

state, Peter Obah, Financial Secretary,

Ebonyi state, Elder Martin Inuozor, Treasurer,

Imo State, Austin Onyia assistant Public

Relations Officer, from Enugu State, including

other officials from the five South East states

of the zone. 

SEAMATA said “the difficulties

and hardship which the traders inparticular

and residents in general suffer during these

protests has made the traders to direct that we

react to the situation and development which

is adversely affecting them”. 

“The traders in the zone are therefore, disassociating themselves jointly and severally from the activities of these agitators, the invasion

of markets and other business outfits and the

destruction of private property of individuals

like shops and vehicles in the name of pro

Biafra protest is not only condemnable but

also unacceptable. 

“We are yet to understand the wisdom in the protest where the properties and other valuables belonging to Igbos are either vandalized or destroyed by fellow Igbos in the name of Pro Biafra protest, when the hardship which the Igbos that relocated from North East in the wake of BokoHaram insurgency are passing through is still staring on our faces, and the agitators are calling on others doing their normal business in other parts of Nigeria to come back to South East" Said SEAMATA.

SEAMATA however, declared their support

and the South East traders support for

President Muhammadu Buhari, promising that

they will not support any action that will

aggravate the hardship already being

experienced by the Igbos. 

“The traders in the zone are earnestly requesting Mr. President to address as a matter of urgency, the dilapidated Federal infrastructures in South

East, especially, the Federal roads that are in

the worst state of disrepair. 

“The roads includes but not limited to Enugu Onitsha Expressway, Enugu Abakaliki Expressway,

Enugu Port Harcourt Expressway, Aba Owerri

Road and Owerri Port Harcourt Road, all these

roads have all become death traps and armed

robbers den where they wait and rob road

users,” said SEAMATA.

The traders also declared support for the new administrations anti corruption war, urging all

Nigerians to support President Buhari in the

war against corruption, while they urged all

the agitators of Biafra actualization to

join hands with the President in resolving the

numerous economic problems in thecountry.