IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu Grouse Valid, But Some Of Us Don’t Subscribe To Their Strategy - Gov. Ikpeazu

The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu says although the grievances expressed by pro-Biafra activist, Nnamdi Kanu, and his outlawed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are “valid”, majority of South-South and South-East governors do not agree with his agitation style.

Ikpeazu stated that he does not understand diaspora-based Kanu‘s direction, and the IPOB leader‘s plans to pull the break-up from Nigeria.

Ikpeazu, who made known his view about the Biafra agitation during a visit to the Osasu Igbinedion pan-African television studio in Abuja on Thursday night, said that the proscribed IPOB had placed all the governors of the South-East under a Fatwa (indicating death sentence).

Governor Ikpeazu said, “People are beginning to think now that some of the issues raised by Nnamdi (Kanu) are valid.

“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.

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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 another 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.

On security challenges in Nigeria...

Furthermore, 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.

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