A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Peace in South East Project (PISE-P) has raise alarm, saying it has detected some sinister moves to undermine its effort of bringing peace in the region.
The moves, it alleged, are being masterminded by some disgruntled Igbo politicians who apparently are not happy with unveiling of the peace initiative and the success it has so far recorded with the message of peace.
PISE-P, in a statement by its Media Team on Wednesday morning, also said that it has received credible intelligence of some clandestine moves to blackmail the convener of the project and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu.
The NGO however insisted that the peace project has come to stay and will achieve its mandate of restoring peace in the zone while strongly pursuing the advocacy aimed at securing the release of the leader of Indigenous People’s of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention.
Titled “Disgruntled Politicians Out to Frustrate PISE-P, Malign Kalu”, the statement read thus: “We are in receipt of credible intelligence detailing the clandestine moves of some disgruntled politicians who are inclined to frustrate the gains of the recently unveiled Peace In South East Project (PISE-P).
“There is no gainsaying the fact that PISE-P, an advocate of non kinetic approach towards resolving the security challenges and other sociological issues in the southeastern geopolitical hemisphere is a success and is on course with its objectives.
“Against this backdrop, some elements unarguably driven by envy and vile are invidiously concocting stories aimed at casting aspersions on the office and the person of the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu who is the convener of PISE-P, blackmailing, maligning and assassinating his character before the right thinking members of the public.
“Those stories sound very infantile to any saner mind. They must have emanated from the figment of the imagination of the tellers. And out of ill-will too.
“They are unreasonable and unfounded. And it can only come from some ignoble minds who are working against the gains of the PISE-P. May be, they are happy seeing the blood of their kith and kin flowing on the streets of South East.
“That will never happen again. PISE-P is unrelenting on its advocacy to restore peace in the region without any loss of life.
“But it must be said that we know those shooting this arrow of discord. We know their antics. A strong warning is hereby issued to them to desist from trading the peace of south east and the freedom of Nnamdi Kanu.
“Let it be reiterated that the work of PISE-P cannot be complete without an advocacy on the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“Those threatened by his audacity to fight for what is right are intimidated and trying to spring up the old habits they are known for.
“But we assure them that this effort to discredit the work towards the peace of the south east, engineered by some elements in the leadership of the zone who felt left out in the peace solution agenda must fail.
“The good people of the South East must not allow them to blackmail and stimulate disaffection within the region.
“Their desperation should be ignored as they battle with themselves while we spread the message of peace.’