Senator Chris Anyanwu has
explained why the Southeast chose to align and discuss the state of the nation
with the Southwest instead of the North.
Last Thursday, there was a summit
of Yoruba and Igbo leaders in Enugu, with the them, kHandshake Across the
Niger’.
Asked Why the Igbo leaders chose
the Yoruba and not the Hausa-Fulani, in an interview with Vanguard, Senator
Anyanwu explained,
“Our governors have been talking,
but the Igbo and the Yoruba have not had any formal talks.
“And I think it is time for the
people themselves to talk and that is what happened, to bring the people from
both sides to sit down and talk because this had never happened before because
of history and misunderstandings.
“A lot of things that happened in
the past and all that. Even the Aguiyi-Ironis – Fajuyi incident, people did not
understand it in the correct sense, did not see the heroism and patriotism of
Fajuyi; all that was misunderstood, and because of that it did shape the kind
of relationship between the two.
“So, we think that it is time to
begin to talk and begin to see ways the two can work together for the good of
the nation. If these two formidable blocs should come together and work for the
good of this nation, Nigeria will be better for it. Other groups and minorities
are looking for leadership.
“As for the North, yes we have
talked with the South-South, we have talked with the Southwest, and later,
maybe we will go and talk with the North.
“If we encourage all parts of the
country, all blocs to talk with their neighbours, if there were better
conversations happening between let’s say the Middle Belt and their neighbours,
maybe we would not be having the bloodbath that is going on now.
“It is a positive example that
others should take up and run with.
The Northwest should talk with
Northeast, and if they feel like talking with people in the South, they should
do so and on and on it goes.
No nation can survive with
unending trouble.
“Look at how they are doing.
Human life has been devalued in Nigeria; life doesn’t mean a thing. I think
this will help if people begin to talk and try to understand each other instead
of sitting down in one corner and building suspicion and building all kinds of
imaginations and reasons why people did this or did that.”
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