Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, who is also the
Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum, has described the agitation by the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for a sovereign republic in the South-East
as a child’s play...
Chief Rochas Okorocha, who spoke yesterday after
leading a delegation of the forum on a visit to internally displaced persons,
IDPs, and victims of the recent Benue flood disaster in Benue State, said no
reasonable Ibo man was backing the agitation. His words: “I have always said
that IPOB is an agitation group, but the captioning is bad when you talk of sovereignty
within a sovereign nation and also talking of secession. “Let me assure you
that no Ibo person or man is in support of secession and people must see this
as a childish act. We must stand up to address it before it becomes a national
problem. “As for us leaders in that area, it will be insane for anyone to think
that the IPOB leader will ask us to follow him to seek secession. “So Nigerians
must learn to address it specifically. If you are addressing IPOB you should be
specific and not to address it as if it is an Ibo affair.” Okorocha, who
personally donated N10 million to the victims, also sympathised with Benue
State over the disaster, stressing that his team was on a fact-finding mission
to pave way for a visit of the entire All Progressives Congress, APC, governors
in the country.
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