The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
has charged former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon to apologise to the
people of the Southeast over his role in the Biafra civil war.
Abraham Amah, the acting State Publicity Secretary of the
party, said Gowon’s name unsettles a lot of people in the Southeast due to his
involvement in the Civil war.
Amah was reacting to a statement that Gowon, alongside the
state Governor-elect, Alex Otti, would lead a prayer session in the State on
Sunday.
The prayer session is scheduled to be held at Master’s
Vessel Church in Umuahia area of Abia State.
However, Amah expressed worry over the choice of Gowon as
Special guest, adding that he was not against praying for the state.
A statement by Amah reads: “The attention of the Abia PDP
has been drawn to a news item in circulation on social media indicating that
Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon would on Sunday April 23,
2023 lead a prayer session in one Master’s Vessel Church Umuahia, Abia State
under the auspices of his pet project, Nigeria Prays, to herald a new Abia.
Whatever ‘a new Abia’ means.
“The name, Yakubu Gowon is unsettling to many people in the
South East given the ignoble roles he played during the Biafran Civil War for
which he is yet to render any public apology.”
Amah said the choice of Gowon as special guest in a state
that is the home town of slain General Aguiyi Ironsi was insensitive.
Wondering why no other man of God was invited for the prayer
session, the PDP noted that Abia State had produced a Catholic Bishop and other
high-ranking clergymen.
The state chapter of the party stressed that Gown had yet to
publicly admit his mistakes in the Civil war.
“The only way the prayer session would make meaning to the
millions of South Easterners, dead and alive, is for Gowon to use the
opportunity of the prayer session and convert it to a moment of truth and
apologise to the people for his role in the atrocious war that led to the
untimely death of millions of our very resourceful people,” he added.
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