Eminent businessman and politician, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on
Wednesday said that the Igbo do not want to secede from Nigeria.
Speaking as a special guest of honour at a National Unity
summit organised by Arewa Ambassadors Congress of Nigeria in partnership with
Youth Assembly of Nigeria, Iwuanyanwu said that the people of the South East
zone would fight anybody who wanted to secede from Nigeria, including the Arewa
and Oduduwa people.
The program which held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, had
youths across Geopolitical zones taking part in the conference.
He said that the Igbo were major stakeholders in the country
and would not be party to any move to divide it.
According to him, the federal government did wrong to have
arrested the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
He said, “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.”
Iwuanyanwu said that the Biafra Republic was somebody’s
personal opinion, adding that the Igbo youths were rebelling only against the
injustice done to the region.
“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, “Iwuanyanwu added.
He, therefore, challenged the Nigerian youths to work for
the growth of the country and shun tribal and religious sentiments, adding that
the country had the capacity to become one of the best countries in the world
in the years to come.
Iwuanyanwu accused the federal government of currently
marginalising the Igbo people, simply because the zone voted en masse for the
people’s Democratic Party in the last presidential election.
The governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, told 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.
The president of AACN, Esinrogunjo Musbaudeen, asserted that
the essence of the summit was to stress the importance of National unity and
integration, adding that the political class had to give more young people the
opportunities to showcase their leadership prowess.
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Nonsense man
ReplyDeleteWe are not just one till next generation..Mr man if you don't have any reasonable things to say be silent..who tell we want to remain in a country of no justice?
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