Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the issues of
marginalisation and inequality raised by the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, are valid.
The governor, however, faulted the strategy being employed
by IPOB, advising the secessionist group to explore dialogue and a peaceful
ways to seek redress.
Ikpeazu, who stated this during a visit to the Osasu
Igbinedion pan-African television studio in Abuja on Thursday night, said IPOB
had placed all the governors of the South-East under fatwa (death sentence).
He said, “People are beginning to think now that some of the
issues raised by Nnamdi (Kanu) are, if they were issues of injustice,
marginalisation and inequality, any part of society has a right to begin to
feel cheated or unwanted.
“So, some of those things which Nnamdi said are valid. Some
of us can see it. We cannot continue to hide behind a finger. But some of us do
not subscribe to his style or strategy, because I do not understand where he is
going and how he is going and when he plans to pull the break (-up) and what he
wants to achieve.
“If I have a way of conveying my views to the leadership of
that group, what I will say is that they should find a way to enter into
conversation and let people know.
“I am under their fatwa now and some of my brother
governors. They say, ‘If you see them, kill them.’”
The governor cautioned IPOB against instigating a civil war
in the country, hinting that violence would not favour anyone.
“They are fighting in the kitchen; by the time the war in
the kitchen ends, mama’s pot of soup would have spilled, there will be no plate
to eat and everybody would be hungry and eventually it would not serve any good
purpose. I don’t understand their strategy,” he added.
Ikpeazu said the insecurity
in the country should be addressed
holistically, stressing the need for a change of strategy in the
prosecution of the war against insurgents and bandits.
Igbinedion, in her remarks earlier, lauded the governor for
empowering women and youths.
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