The Governor of Imo State, Rochas
Okorocha, has dismissed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu as a young man seeking relevance.
Okorocha said the IPOB leader’s
activities had been over blown by the media, thereby making him relevant.
The governor spoke while fielding
questions form correspondents at the government house in Owerri, the state
capital.
Okorocha noted that Kanu did not
have the capacity to tell him or other governors in the region to go to war
with the entire country and so should not be taken seriously.
According to him, “On Nnamdi Kanu
you must understand the position of a thing and what has created this
hullabaloo if you like, and the big noise about this whole thing. Nnamdi Kanu’s
group broke away from MASSOB.
“Last time, I said it depends on how we define this whole thing that is taken out of context. Nnamdi Kanu, a young man seeking relevance, agitating for whatever he believes in, what he stands for must be treated separately from the entire Igbo nation.
“The question is does Nnamdi Kanu have the capacity to lead Igbos to war? Or lead me and the governors to war? So you mean I will stand now and Nnamdi Kanu will tell me stand up let’s go to war?
“Sometimes we over dramatize issue just to make a big deal out of it and that has been the big challenge.
“Like the gentleman that spoke for the Arewa youths, and these are not more than 17 young men speaking for millions of Arewa youths and it doesn’t make sense because if you ask any Arewa youth now if he is part of that event, he will tell you no.
“We don’t have that wisdom of narrowing things to the perspective where they belong but we like to enlarge it to create the confusion that we all enjoy and the confusion if not well taken care of will consume Nigeria one day. And that is what some of us are trying to avoid.
“So the issue of Nnamdi Kanu should be treated as a young man agitating and seeking for relevance, these are two different issues.
“And he can ride on the back of supposed Igbo marginalization which has been said is not right, and ride on those sentiments and push his agenda but that does not mean that the entire Igbo are with him.
“I was in Chatham House and I remembered how I was attacked by the IPOB boys when I was delivering my lecture. They walked up to me and they were shouting and I said calm down. Ironically, the young man has never visited Nigeria before. So, it is our duty to call our younger ones to order.”
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May God's anger and the blood of those who have died in this struggle visit you and your entire house hold. How come you have not attempted to use your influence to ensure that some if not all the issues of marginalization against the igbo is quickly addressed,(no functional seaport in the east yet they are business people) May be nnamdi kanus blood will calm down. All rochas care about is his share from Abuja.what is difficult in building a seaport in the east? Dubai was a desert yet they have seaport. Yamhead rochas.
ReplyDeleteFool. You shall surely see. Who is talking abt war
ReplyDeleteREPLYING ROCHAS OKOROCHA IS WASTE OF TIME, ENERGY AND SPACE. HOW DID IMO PEOPLE GET IT SO WRONG AS TO ELECT A HAUSA/FULANI AS ITS GOVERNOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. IMO PEOPLE, Soooooorrrrrryyyy ooooooooo! IT NOW REMAINS FOR HIM TO OPENLY CHANGE TO MOSLEM. NNAMDI KANU'S SHADOW LOOMS HIGHER AND ABOVE THE NAME OF OKOROCHA. SHAME ON ROCHAS. A TRAITOR TO HIS PEOPLE IS A TRAITOR FOR EVER. I STILL REMEMBER THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF OSINBAJO TO ROCHAS WHEN HE WENT TO IMO STATE. TIME WILL TELL. YOU THINK YOU ARE HEAVEN BUT YOU ARE LIVING IN HELL. HE WILL BE STONED WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE. Jay 2, Abuja.
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