Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu,
said the faceoff between federal troops and Biafra agitators might have led to
a deadly chaos in the state.
According to him, God’s
intervention averted “the greatest bloodbath in history”.
He said this in reaction to the
‘withdrawal’ of troops deployed to Abia for a one-month military exercise
code-named “Operation Python Dance”
The governor noted that the presence
of the troops sparked tension across Abia.
Ikpeazu spoke on Sunday when he
visited the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abia council
to commiserate with journalists over last Tuesday’s invasion of the secretariat
by soldiers.
“We are grateful to God for
intervening in stopping what could have been the greatest bloodbath known in
the history of mankind”, Ikpeazu said.
He also thanked President
Muhammadu Buhari for reposing confidence in Southeast Governors’ Forum.
‘We thank him for giving us a
second chance to talk to our people on the need for us to live as one united
nation.”
He added that the Igbos remained
the most widely travelled people in Nigeria, living and conducting businesses
in every nook and cranny of the country.
The governor put the estimated
population of Igbos in the north at about 12 million, with Borno having the
least population of about 50,000 Igbo households.
He said Abia needed peace for
business to thrive, especially in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the
state.
“I am very happy to say that
normalcy has returned to the state,” he said, adding that Muslims worshipped in
their Mosque on Friday in Aba.
Ikpeazu urged residents of the
state to go about their lawful businesses, assuring them that government would
continue to provide adequate security for lives and property.
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