{"id":81877,"date":"2021-06-08T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81877"},"modified":"2021-06-08T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:23:22","slug":"i-want-to-sit-talk-with-nnamdi-kanu-abia-gov-ikpeazu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/i-want-to-sit-talk-with-nnamdi-kanu-abia-gov-ikpeazu\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to sit, talk with Nnamdi Kanu \u2013 Abia Gov, Ikpeazu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has declared that he has no grudges against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe governor, who spoke during an interview with newsmen in Umahia, the state capital, said he was ready to engage the Biafra freedom fighter on how security would be restored in the state and other parts of Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ikpeazu while reacting to the activities of the IPOB members, who were accused of attacking security operatives in the state, said violence would not bring the expected change.<\/p>\n<p>The governor called for dialogue between the secession agitators and the government to address their grievances, stressing that, \u201cif there are things you want us to vocalize about the way things are going in this country, raise the tune a little bit, I think there are people who are willing to say that and do that\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, \u201cI am not going to engage Nnamdi on the grounds of IPOB, but I can speak to citizen Nnamdi who happens to be an Abian but not on the basis or affiliation with IPOB. I\u2019m going to speak to Nnamdi on the basis of the fact that I am the governor of Abia State and he is a citizen of Abia State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut again, why won\u2019t I discuss with anybody? I don\u2019t have anything personal against Nnamdi and I don\u2019t think he has anything personal against me. But all of us are saying the same thing to the extent that there is injustice, there is marginalization, we are saying the same thing. Our point of divergence is the approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re taking up arms against the Nigerian nation, what capacity do you have to conclude it? Because I\u2019m not a suicide candidate and I saw a bit of the civil war and I don\u2019t want to get people on a boat that is sailing to nowhere. He is entitled to his opinion, views and approach, but I\u2019m also saying to him, that as a young boy who went to Maiduguri at the age of 16, the boundaries of the South East and Northern Nigeria is not in Umuahia or Ubakala Police Station, neither is it in Bende or Ohafia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting in the kitchen is one of the indices that define lack of appreciation of the first rule of human existence which is self-preservation, because after the fight in the kitchen, with which pot and plate are you going to eat? Is it possible that while you\u2019re fighting in your kitchen with your kinsmen, that your real enemies could be sitting somewhere drinking Champaign and be laughing at your lack of understanding and love among yourselves?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a perceived enemy and you embark on such a voyage and your son kills you, your enemy will just attend your funeral and save his gunpowder for another enemy. I think there is a need for a good reason to prevail. Let\u2019s sit down and talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I think we need to change a few things in this country and I think we need to be smart about the way we change it. There is somebody who said that those who resort to violence have exhausted the capacity of their intelligence to resolve the matter. I don\u2019t think we have exhausted the capacity of our intelligence to resolve the matter. Violence cannot be the first option\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has declared that he has no grudges against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. 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