Igbos Are Not Ready For Another Civil War – Okorocha
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.
Okorocha gave the advice at a news briefing at the Government House in Owerri on Tuesday.
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.
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.
On the recent sit-at-home ordered by IPOB and MASSOB, he said the exercise succeeded because the people, especially traders wanted to avoid trouble.
He described the statement by the Arewa youths directing Igbos to leave the North as “nonsensical and inciting’’. The governor said that Igbos are 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.
Okorocha also said that agitations over the leadership of the country by the different geo-political zones was an ill-wind which has brought nothing good for the country.
He therefore called on all Nigerians to guard against hatred and unite to fix broken relationships across divides.
