A former Abia State House of
Representatives aspirant, Ndukwe Ikoh, has faulted the agitation by the leader
of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Ikoh said the struggle by Kanu
had no clear plan for secession, stressing that he, Kanu, recruited “people who
sell or consume hard drugs in the South-East as well as some petty thieves” as
members of IPOB.
He maintained that the IPOB
leader deviated from the original plan on how to achieve Biafra as laid down by
warlord, Odumegu Ojukwu.
Speaking with The Sun, Ikoh said,
“The Biafra struggle that started since 1957 by Odimegwu Ojukwu has a very
serious concept upon which it was built and this concept was and is still very
vital to Nigerians, especially those from the Southern part of the country.
“It had to do with those who were
marginalized and not allowed to develop their potentials, and then there was
the serious issue of ethnic mistrust between the north and the south which led
to the attempt to break away from the rest of the country.
“Kanu’s cause is a little
divergent from the original because Biafra was a cause that was built on the
need for equity and justice. And it involves people from the South East and
some part of the South/South that felt that they were unfairly treated, that
was what gave rise to Biafra.
“Kanu has reduced the struggle to
an Igbo struggle and painted the Igbo as if they were at war with the rest of
the country, that is one of the areas he got it wrong.
“If you will remember, Ojukwu was
the ‘president’ of Biafra while Brigadier Effiong was his deputy. So you can
see that Biafra was not entirely an Igbo cause. He has no clear plan to push
the secession drive. There is no way the Igbo can secede from Nigeria without
alliance and representation from the global bodies like UN and AU.
“I don’t know the plan Kanu put
in place to attract the sympathy of such bodies. Locally, he got it wrong
because there was no way you can be enemies to the neighbours you want to join
to become a republic. For instance, he called Ijaws all sorts of names and once
referred to Niger Deltans as cowards.
“Even calling Nigeria a zoo was
an error because if Biafra eventually secedes, Nigeria will still be their
neighbour. He also failed to galvanise the Igbo leadership and make sure that
they were on the same page with him. At a certain stage, IPOB members became
miscreants. People who sell or consume hard drugs in the South East as well as
some petty thieves became members of IPOB.”
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ReplyDeleteWhere have you been all this while. Betrayers. Igbos will vote all of you out of power soon.
ReplyDeleteTHIS NDUBISI IKOK WAS A MERE FORMER CONTESTANT NOT EVEN A WINNER OR MEMBER. SO WHAT IS HIS PEDIGRE OR STANCE TO EVEN SPEAK ON KANU. HE APPEARS LIKE A TRAITOR PAID TO SPEAK DISDAINFULLY. AND THAT MUMUYIWA OF A MAN ABOVE IS OPENING HIS ASS. NOTHING WILL STOP A THING WHOSE TIME HAS COME. TIME WILL TELL.
ReplyDeleteThat beast of an ikok above, what do sell. nothing but treachery and deceit. shame on you.
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