COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY ADF- YOUTH LEAGUE FROM HER MEETING OF 31st MARCH, 2024.
The scheduled ADF-YL meeting for 31st March 2024 could not hold as planned. On receiving the news of the death of Hon. Emmanuel Mok, the Chairman of Lagos State Chapter of ADF, the meeting was thrown into confusion and everyone was deeply touched by such a great loss to Ala Igbo. Hon. Emmanuel Mok was a dedicated and patriotic member of ADF and his sudden demise is a huge blow to the association and to the struggle.
A minute silence was observed for the peaceful repose of his gentle soul. ADF-YL unanimously voted and agreed to postpone deliberations on the agenda for the days meeting and thus recommended and adopted as follows
1. That ADF Youth League suspend every Political activity or engagement for the period of two weeks (1st to 14th April 2024) in honour of our fallen comrade, the ADF Chairman, Lagos Chapter.
2. That ADF parent body and her organs should also suspend every ADF engagement and political activity for the period of two weeks in honour of our fallen comrade, Emmanuel Mok.
3. That ADF Youth League should officially write the ADF parent body on the 14 days recommendation for the ADF kind consideration and adoption.
4. The chairman of ADF-YL Mr Emmanuel Agbowo will announce a new date for the next ADF-YL meeting at the expiration of the two weeks in honour of our departed Comrade.
Above recommendations became necessary, following the sudden loss of our great patriot, Hon Emmanuel Mok and the enormous crises that has befallen ADF as organisation where every reconciliation effort has met brick walls.
ADF Youth League is of the view that these 14 days period of mourning of ADF Lagos chapter Chairman, dear Emmanuel Mok should be used to reflect on the current crisis in our association and deeply come out with peaceful resolution which Emmanuel Mok has spent unaccountable hours on phone mediating for peace in ADF before his end on this earthly life. As individuals and as a group, we should know that what has brought us together is greater than what is threatening to divide us and we must not fail the next Igbo generation.
Dear Elders, fathers, mothers and colleagues, as we reflect on the transient nature of existence and the need for unity in ADF as a condition of achieving our goal of addressing the Igbo question in Nigeria, we, the ADF Youth, humble ourselves before you all and ask for all to forgive, forget and give peace a chance. Let ADF become stronger again with proper internal democracy and better ways of doing things.
May God grant Comrade Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu Mokogwu eternal rest. Good night our great Igbo Patriot.
Agbowo Emmanuel
ADF Youth League
Chairman.
Chigbo Ikpenwa
Asst Secretary.
