The national chairman of the
United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has described as
reckless the statement credited to the federal government of Nigeria that some
politicians were financing the activities of the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB.
The Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had on Sunday accused “politically
disgruntled treasury looters”, who were out to sabotage the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led government, of sponsoring the Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB.
Mohammed said those disgruntled
looters were using IPOB to sabotage the current government under the guise of
fighting for the rights of the people of the South-east.
Reacting, however, the
ex-presidential candidate said it was reckless on the side of the government to
make such unhealthy utterance against political players in Nigeria.
He said, “As a politician, I
founded the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to seek power in Nigeria,
and I have founded the United Progressives Party (UPP) doing the same thing.
Buhari himself had challenged the Igbo to form a political party and use it to
seek for what they want within the country called Nigeria.
“I do not, therefore, see how a
political party pursuing ideologically rooted agenda, like restructuring, state
police, will at the same be sponsoring such a movement. We are for unity of Nigeria,
a Nigeria that where there is equity, justice and fair play.
“It is reckless for a government
to make such a statement, suggesting that politicians from the South-East were
behind it, unless he is talking of Fulani politicians and those from the North-West.
Don’t forget, Ralph Uwazurike, leader MASSOB, had said it was politicians from
the north that were sponsoring IPOB. May be that is what the government was
referring to,” Okorie, said.
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