A former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has intoned that agitation for Biafra was but a paltry number of citizens till Buhari won the elections. His appointments were severely lopsided, and that against the south easterners. This action was what provoked a rekindled drive for Biafra.
The former Kaduna State Governor also stated that the
continued detention of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in the best
interest of our dear country. “President Mohamadu Buhari should as a matter of
urgency initiate reconciliatory moves with the South-East; just as late
president Umar Musa Yar’Adua, reconciled with the Niger-Delta militants.
“The youths of Igbo extraction within and outside of the
country have been provoked. Exemption form the president’s kitchen cabinet plus
a continued detention of IPOB leader has added fuel to the fire. The Biafran
youths are not phantoms. They are not like Boko Haram that you can’t identify. He
should call them for peace talks and they will respond.
“Buhari should run a government of national unity in which
other political parties will be involved according to their relevance. The Igbo should be given all
their entitlements in representation, according to federal character and as
enshrined in the Constitution. If the marginalization of the Igbo in the
kitchen cabinet of the President had happened to the North in the event that a
southerner is the head of government, where would Nigeria be? So why is it
happening to Ndigbo that are part and parcel of Nigeria? That is why I feel it
is a mistake that should be corrected immediately, and things will be favorable
to Nigeria and the President. The fact that a great number of Igbo had
abandoned Biafra and called for one Nigeria, is a call for peace.
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