Chairman of the Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has said that
Igbos were intimidating President Muhammadu Buhari with the Biafra agitation in
order to get appointments.
Sagay, who came down hard on
proponents of the agitation of Biafra Republic, said they were doing so for
selfish reasons in interview with Daily Independent.
According to him, the agitation
for Biafra became so serious after former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure,
adding that those clamouring for a new country were doing so in order to
intimidate Buhari.
Sagay described the Igbo as
die-hard loyalists of Jonathan, and noted that the Igbos, who occupied 50
percent of federal positions in the country under the Jonathan administration
resorted to rigging for the PDP in the last general elections.
He said, “I have been studying
elections very closely in this country since 2007. The Igbos were committed to
Goodluck Jonathan. But they didn’t leave it at that just convince people to
vote for him.
“They decided to rig for PDP and
Jonathan. They did that yet, the party still lost out at the federal level. So,
they lost out.
“If you look at Jonathan’s
government, the Igbos were in almost 50 percent of positions in this country.
But they lost out because of their rigging and opportunism and lack of
principle.
“And now they want to take it out
on Buhari by resurrecting Biafra. They want to intimidate Buhari so much. They
will now want to negotiate with them and start giving them things and positions
they don’t deserve. That is intimidation and threat for no just cause
“In summary, they rigged
themselves out of contention in the present administration and they are not
prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions.”
THIS ITSE-SAGAY IS A BUFFON. I USED TO THINK OF HIM AS A FOREMOST CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER UNTIL HE RECEIVED THIS RETIREMENT-JOB IN THIS GOVERNMENT. THEN HIS TRUE COLOURS CAME OUT. WHERE IS HIS ITSEKHIRI PEOPLE IN THIS GOVERNMENT OR IN NIGERIAN HISTORY. THE WHOLE ITSEKHIRI PEOPLE IS NOT UP TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN IGBO LAND. POOR SAGAY, HOW MANY SENATORS DO THE ITSEKHIRI PEOPLE HAVE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. SHAME ON IRREDENTISTS LIKE HIM. HIS DISCOURSE ON NIGERIAN ISSUES HAS TURNED PEDESTRIAN SINCE HE GOT THIS APPOINTMENT. EVEN AT THAT WHAT HAS HE ACHIEVED THEREIN? ONLY AS AN ATTACK-DOG. SHAME. AT HIS AGE I EXPECTED HIM TO BELONG TO THE ELDERS AND STATESMEN CLUB, BUT LIKE GOWON, HIS COMMENTS ON NATIONAL ISSUES REMAIN TRIBAL. THAT'S TOO BAD. SAGAY GROW OLD IN THOUGHT AND NOT THIS TRIBAL IDLE TALKS. OR YOU WANT TO REMIND US THAT YOU ARE STILL AROUND. SPEAK FOR POSTERITY. ACT FOR POSTERITY. WE ARE NOT FOOLED BY YOUR ACTS. PERHAPS THIS RETIREMENT-JOB BRIBE IS "SHACKING" YOUR HEAD. SHAME SHAME!. Jay 2, Abuja.
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