A retired army officer, Colonel
Tony Nyiam (retd), said that restructuring the country is the thing that will
stop the agitation by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The Cross River-born retired
officer, who came to the limelight when he and some other officers attempted to
overthrow the former military president, Gen Ibrahim Babangida in 1990, noted
that Igbos have suffered a lot in Nigeria.
He faulted the military’s
Operation Python Dance carried out in the Southeast but blamed Nnamdi Kanu for
being distracted, stubborn and arrogant in his agitation.
He told Sun, “Restructuring is
the answer. Restructuring will address all these agitations here and there.
“Ndigbo have suffered injustices
over the years, and this is what Nnamdi Kanu has been trying to fight.
“Again, like I said earlier, the
Southeast geo-political zone has five states compared to geopolitical zones
that have more states are having undue advantage over others because more
states means more access to federal revenue. All these injustices eventually
give rise to agitations.
“It is even wrong for the
military to have been drafted to the Southeast under the guise of any
operation, be it Operation Python or whatever name.
“No one should allow the military
to be used for sectional interests, President Muhammadu Buhari swore the oath
to protect all Nigerians and I do hope that the military will be used in more
honorable ways.
“The military should not be used
to serve a self-interest. The military must always remain neutral no matter the
temptation because history will judge them.
“Restructuring is the answer to
IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu’s agitations. One credit that must be given to Kanu is
that sit at home order which Kanu gave that time which worked as millions of
people in the Southeast obeyed him.
“The success of that sit at home
order brought a new reawakening to the clamour for restructuring.
“But I must also say again that
at one point it became distracted from the original agenda he was pursuing. He
suddenly became stubborn, he wasn’t listening to anybody again.
“He should have listened more
especially to Igbo elders. But I think that in spite of his shortcomings one
can’t discriminate the roles he has been playing resisting injustice against
Igbo.”
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