Front-line politician, Chiief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has made it clear that Igbo people in the South East have no intention of seceding from Nigeria as being espoused by the leader of th Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
He emphasized that the Igbos will not secede from the country because they have invested in Nigeria more than the Hausas and Yorubas, adding that the Igbos are thhee major stakeholders in the country and would not be party to any move to divide it.
.chief Iwuanyanwu, who spoke as a special guest of honour at a National Unity summit organized by Arewa Ambassadors Congress of Nigeria in partnership with Youth Assembly of Nigeria,o said that the federal government should not have arrested the leader of IPOB, arguing: “He (Kanu) only expressed his view. No arm was found in his possession. We are Biafrans and we are not ashamed to say it. Igbo have invested more in Nigeria than Arewa and Oduduwa. We want to be one Nigeria in fairness.
“Biafra is not about secession. It is a name of a particular people in Nigeria from the South East. Therefore, it is not an offense to say that I am a Biafran. There was no victor, no vanquished after the civil war.
“I am impressed with Yakubu Gowon because he implemented all the agreements reached at the end of the Civil War. Igbo were not deprived at the end of the civil war.”
The politician cum businessman challenged the Nigerian youth to work for the growth of the country and shun tribal and religious sentiments.
Speaking, Governor Rochas Okorocha, appealed to the youths to uphold the Unity of the country where ever they went.
Represented by his special Adviser on Northern affairs, Faisal Lawan, Okorocha identified cultism as one of the vices working against the growth of young Nigerians. [myad]
