Sir Ifeanyi C. Ejiofor, a prominent human rights lawyer and legal counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has issued a stark warning that Alaigbo is bleeding and Ndigbo are dying in large numbers, attributing the crisis to insecurity, marginalisation, internal betrayal, and state failure.
1. Security Crisis in Igbo Land
Ejiofor laments a worsening security landscape across the Southeast, including deadly Fulani herdsmen attacks, abductions, and disappearances. He warns that Igbo communities are under siege, citing state negligence and internal complicity as root causes of the violence. He asserts:
>These are the cumulative effects of years of unaddressed marginalisation, institutional weakness, and internal complicity”
2. Elite Betrayal & Need for Self-reckoning
In a forceful call for self-reflection, Ejiofor argues that part of the problem lies within Igbo leadership:
>The greatest enemies of Alaigbo are often within her gates.” He urges Igbo elites to confront their role in collective stagnation and to stop prioritising narrow interest over communal progress.
3. Nigeria’s Broader Collapse
In a separate statement, Ejiofor criticises the broader national leadership, describing the country’s collapse not as dramatic but a steady rot driven by institutional failure and youth co-option:
>Nigeria teeters on a fragile edge … with the quiet rot of a house neglected from within”
“Nigeria is bleeding in places numbers can’t measure. And the knife, too often, is held by the hands that should be healing her.”
4. Urgent Reform & Youth Reawakening
Despite the decline, Ejiofor calls on the youth to reclaim their agency—to emerge as architects of change rather than foot soldiers for the entrenched status quo:
>The youth must reclaim their agency … choose the long, painful road of truth over the quick fix of allegiance to rot.”
Human Toll: The personal and communal tragedies described by Ejiofor reflect systemic failures impacting countless lives.
Ethnic Marginalisation: The security, economic, and social neglect of Igbo areas fuels disillusionment and demands urgent redress.
Leadership Accountability: Igbo elites are challenged to align their actions with communal survival and renaissance.
Generational Shift: Ejiofor sees hope in youth-led civic awakening, replacing manipulation with honest purpose.
