The chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, David Umahi
on Tuesday assured Igbos that the national leader of the outlawed indigenous
peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will soon be released from DSS
detention.
Umahi who made this known in Abakaliki said he initiated a
political dialogue with President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the immediate
release of Nnamdi Kanu from DSS detention.
The governor who equally allocated 2.5 hectares of land
located opposite the International Market Abakaliki to the Association of
Computer Village Merchants of Nigeria, lamented that many businesses are
closing down in the South-East because of unknown gunmen.
He said since the commencement of the activities of unknown
Gunmen, people now prefer to take their business to other regions of the
country.
“Why do we still have unknown gunmen in Southeast? This is
not the first time it is happening in Igboland. There was a time, it was so
terrible in Abia, Abia state, in Onitsha and so many other places, and Igbo man
knows what to do.
“We are coming to that point, businesses are moving away
from Aligbo, for what? I have gone to President Muhammadu Buhari and initiated
a political dialogue over our brother Nnamdi Kanu. And that process is on. And
I don’t see any reason why we should be killing ourselves. Fighting our people,
making sure that the economy of the south-east is down.
“Some of these people that initiated this sit-at-home are
outside the country. They can never do sit-at-home one day there because they
work twenty-four hours. And if they do, hunger will kill them” he said.
He noted that the Igbos are the enemies to themselves
pointing out that until the activities of the gunmen are halted, the region
would continue to suffer economic deprivation and stagnation.
Umahi called for a concerted effort towards bringing to an
end such inhuman treatment against Igbos by the Gunmen adding that he has met
with President Mohammed Buhari towards having a political solution to the
continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
He asked those insisting on the sit at home order, to also
ensure it is not restricted to the five South-East states but to all Igbos
across the country and the globe.
Governor Umahi called on NdIgbo to always come back home to
invest adding that such investment would not only develop the region but can
boost the economic fortunes of the region.
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