Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo
State has stated that the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra will
affect the chances of Igbos to produce Nigeria’s president.
According to him, the agitators
had every right to complain about marginalization and not a call for separation
from the country.
He told newsmen on Thursday that
IPOB was not good for the South East, and it was not the best way for them to
complain about marginalisation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He said, “There are better ways;
the IPOB way is too primitive. If IPOB must do a thing like that it should have
changed the name and fought the way Ijaw youths fought, Arewa youths fought,
and they would have made more impact. For everything that comes from the Igbo
man, we love to go to the extreme.
“Now you want to separate
yourself from Nigeria, meanwhile, South-South will not go with you, Edo, Rivers
will not go with you. If you cut us off here now as South east, if I need to go
to Rivers State, I will go and ask for passport and visa, and we are keeping
quiet to say this.
“If there is a crisis now, there
is no Hausa man in Igbo land who has a duplex, there is no Yoruba man who has a
room and parlour or a N20 million investment in Igbo land, but Igbo have
trillions of naira virtually everywhere.
“The same people are asking for
secession. If Igbo are asked to go, what happens? They would lose their
property, and all of us are keeping quiet, supporting IPOB! It was very
childish, and those behind this should stop, that is my advice.
“South-South has produced the
president, South-West has produced a president and Vice President, the north
has produced many presidents, it is hoping that one day in the next shift, by
whatever arrangement, the next people that should be considered is the South-East
by Nigeria’s sharing formula.
“So, where are we in our wisdom
and the intelligence? That is my position on IPOB; my advice is that Igbo
should change their style and condemn IPOB in a manner that should be done and
let us flow with the rest of Nigeria for now because we shall benefit more than
anyone else.”
Rochas Okorocha, can you for once shut your mouth! When Obasanjo first put forward the idea of Igbo Presidency you all raved like mad bunch of people and went against him. Have you forgotten? Nonsense you.
ReplyDeleteIt is u dat should shut ur dirty mouth up. Okorocha is telling u d truth but for myopic intelligence u are insulting him. U put ur intelligence under ur feet. Igbos should reason reasonably well now.
DeleteRochas u will never become presidential for this life, u want to use the blood of ur people to become president, even the governor seat u occupied now can u see how bad we feel, Onya Akpa eli ozu like u
ReplyDeleteRochas has no integrity.
ReplyDeleteLet us all try to be pragmatic, the man's permutations makes a lot of SENCE !!!
ReplyDeleteYes his excellency is making a lot of Sence
ReplyDeleteThat's Ur aim! As Governor what have U done for Ur people and Land?
ReplyDeleteThe North and West that have produced Presidents, how developed is their land and people?
Abeg, make we hear word. U want to be President? Oloshie, Rakumi, Anuofia!!!!!
Greed will kill you Rochas,so you want to be president by all means thats why you are against your own people.
ReplyDeleteWith IPOB,Igbos have loose the chance of Nigerian presidency.Rochas is sensible.
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