Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has advised Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to desist from agitating for secession, saying the Igbos were not ready for another civil war.<\/p>\n
Okorocha gave the advice at a news briefing at the Government House in Owerri on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He also urged the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other Nigerians in diaspora, drumming support for the actualisation of Biafra, to stop.<\/p>\n
Okorocha called on Igbo youths to calm down and redirect their agitation toward the actualisation of economic advancement of Igbos rather than asking for a new sovereign nation.
\nOn the recent sit-at-home ordered by IPOB and MASSOB, he said the exercise succeeded because the people, especially traders wanted to avoid trouble.<\/p>\n
He described the statement by the Arewa youths directing Igbos to leave the North as \u201cnonsensical and inciting\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
The governor said that Igbos were peaceful people, who had come a long way in contributing to the economic development of the country, adding that no other ethnic group had contributed as much.<\/p>\n
He called for reorientation of youths to repair the broken political relations between the North and the East and end the existing hatred and division between them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have failed as leaders hence the campaign of hate for one another; we need to take responsibility and end it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to rise and take steps to end it and get rid of the inherent hatred and division we inherited from the colonial masters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Okorocha also said that agitation over the leadership of the country by the different geo-political zones in the country was an ill-wind which had not done something good to the country.<\/p>\n
He, therefore, called on all Nigerians to guard against hatred and unite to fix broken relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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