Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says no reasonable Igbo man is
in support of the agitation for the creation of Biafra that is being
spearheaded by the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and his likes. Speaking
at the at the new Yam festival organized by the State Council of
Traditional Rulers headed by HRM Eze Samuel Ohiri in Owerri, Imo state
yesterday September 16th, Governor Okorocha said no Igbo man in his
right senses wants to see the division of Nigeria
"Everyone has condemned IPOB in all ramifications and I say that
whatever that young man is doing does not have the support of any of us.
He should be picked up and treated as a single individual. No
reasonable Igbo man is asking for secession. No reasonable Igbo man will
support the division of this country. I want to remind all Nigerians
that Igbos are the people that fought the last war and if there was
anyone so badly affected by that war is the Igbo. After the war, the 1st
group of people to run to different ethnic groups and all other tribes
for purpose of economic development was the Igbos. The Igbos today in
their thousands are in Kano, the Igbo today in their thousands are in
Lagos, in Plateau and in all nooks and crannies of this country. And
wherever you find them, they behave as if they are the owners of the
land, even in most cases, they have Ezes in the communities where they
find themselves, showing that they believe in the unity of this country.
The Igbo business men have more real estates and more properties and
assets outside Igbo land than in Igbo land. So, I want to dissociate
Igbo from this very thing that Igbo want to go for secession. A man that
wants to go for secession cannot build mansions in Lagos, Kano, Plateau
and the rest of the States. I think we should single out this act of
this young man from the rest of Nigerians. My worry again stands
strongly on the fact that today, the issue of IPOB is being politicized.
Today, most of them that never worked with the Buhari-led government is
using this as an opportunity to fight the Federal Government. Call
those people to order. It’s not far fetched, who these people are. Some
of them are busy visiting Kanu’s house and encouraging him. Those people
should do a rethink, because they are not doing this nation any good"
he said
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