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| Prof. Ben Nwabueze |
Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, on Thursday apologised to Ndigbo, as well as on behalf of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, for their rejection of the appeal to lead Igbo delegates to the proposed national conference.
Nwabueze rendered the apology at a public presentation of a booklet, “The position of the Igbo nation at the National Conference for a renegotiated Constitution.”
The Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought, group of eminent Igbo think-thank led by Nwabueze compiled the booklet.
Nwabueze said that he agreed with Ekwueme that both of them would not be delegates to the conference due to age. “More so, to give the younger ones a chance to participate,” he said.
He said the Igbo Leaders of Thought advocated for the right of the zones to form the basis for the federating units and the rights of self-determination, including the right to secede.
He argued that with himself at 83 and Ekwueme at 81 or 82 years of age they would be too old to participate at the conference.
Besides, he said the two of them had taken part in previous constitutional conferences and made their contributions.
He said, “But we also agreed that we owe a duty to Ndigbo, that we are not going to abandon our people. That we are not going to be delegates sitting in the hall exposed, taking all abuses, bombardments, but we will stand behind; our role should be that of guidance.”
He added that they would reach out to Igbo governors and other prominent Igbo sons to provide a meeting place in Abuja, where Igbo elders like himself and Ekwueme would be meeting with Igbo delegates to the conference twice a week.
“The meetings would help guide and educate them on the Igbo position as contained in the document,” he said.
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