Imo State governorship aspirant,
Robert Okpara, has reacted to the visit of Northern delegates to the South East
over the ongoing agitation by the Idegenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
According to Okpara, the
intervention of the Northern governors and a host of others is rather too late,
arguing that if they had visited 3 weeks before now, the current crisis would
have been avoided.
Okpara also questioned why the
main actors in the crisis were not carried along, saying it’s laughable for the
governors to pay visits to Rivers, Abia and Imo state governors without
involving those who currently feel aggrieved.
Speaking with our correspondent, Okpara
said, ‘’This visit is a good one that will help to douse the avoidable tension
that has enveloped the country, especially the Southeast and South South
region.
‘’However, since the visit has
the blessing of President Buhari, why is such a critical meeting excluding the
major agitators and stakeholders in the crises? It’s a laughable paradoxical
irony to run Nnamdi Kanu and his leadership underground and pay a visit to the
governors of Rivers, Abia and Imo state.
‘’This visit is too late. If they
had held this meeting 3 weeks ago with Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leadership, South East
and South South governors, we won’t be on this brink where leaders are
scrambling to put off the fire they set up in the first place. In law, you do
not set your house on fire and invite the fire service and paramedics.
‘’Governor Kashim Shettima and
his fellow travelers are standing logic on its head and wasting taxpayers money
on a frivolous publicity stunt in their attempt to convince their colleagues in
the region that the entire North is standing by the South East at this time.
‘’The same governor Shettima was
consulted by the Arewa Youths when they issued the quit order to the entire
Igbos living in the North? It is also a skewed trajectory for Governor Shettima
to preach cohesion to the traditional rulers and leaders when they know that
bigotry exists in the imbalance of federal appointments in favor of the North
where critical kitchen cabinet presidential appointees are from the North.
‘’This is the same imbalance
situation where the leadership of the entire security architecture of the
federal government favors a section of the North. The governors are having a
laugh when they intend to visit Rochas Okorocha and Governor Okezie, same
governors that were part of the forum that proscribed IPOB in the first place.
What in the world would the 2 governors tell their August visitors? Any such
meeting in the South East without the the presence of Nnia Nwodo, the governors
and Nnamdi Kanu will be a tantalizing mirage,’’ Robert said.
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