{"id":68168,"date":"2019-08-06T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T03:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68168"},"modified":"2019-08-06T04:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T03:54:11","slug":"biafran-war-veterans-threaten-south-east-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/biafran-war-veterans-threaten-south-east-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"Biafran war veterans threaten South-East governors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Biafran war veterans have accused the governors in the South-East zone<\/div>\n
\n
of Nigeria of abandoning them, in spite of their efforts to protect the
\nzone during the 30-month-long civil war.<\/p>\n

They threatened to vote out governors and political parties that do not
\ncare for them.<\/p>\n

The veterans, who spoke during a flag-off of a political movement,
\nPeople’s Restoration Movement (PRM) in Awka, the Anambra state capital,
\ncalled on politicians in the zone to come to their aid by rehabilitating
\nthem as they have for long been incapacitated, since after the war.<\/p>\n

Commander of the Veterans in Anambra State, Rtd. Maj-Gen. Emmanuel
\nOnwuegbuna, who spoke on behalf of the veterans, said it was appalling
\nthat people they fought for including their children that ought to
\nconsider their plight have abandoned them upon getting to power.<\/p>\n

“We demand that all the state governors, lawmakers and other political
\nleaders in the zone must come together to rehabilitate us.<\/p>\n

“We fought for them to live. But instead of them to reciprocate the kind
\ngesture by providing us with welfare packages including medical care and
\nshelter, they abandoned us to our fate.<\/p>\n

“If after this event we don’t hear from them, we will mobilise our
\nmembers who are alive to stop them from attaining any political
\npositions.<\/p>\n

“We will rather support those who can carter for our needs. We have
\nstarted gathering data of our members.<\/p>\n

“All of us will join force with People’s Restoration Movement (PRM) to
\nvote out any government or political party in power at any level that is
\nagainst us,” he said.<\/p>\n

Onwuegbuna said it was rather painful that while the Nigerian government
\nwas taking care of war veterans who fought on the federal side, those
\nwho fought on the Biafran side were abandoned.<\/p>\n

He also blamed the Nigerian government for reneging on its promise to
\nreconstruct, rehabilitate and reintegrate the South-East after General
\nYakubu Gowon announced a no-victor-no-vanquished stand at the end of the
\nwar.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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