Ekiti
State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has praised his colleagues in the
South-East for meeting with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
The meeting, said Fayose, provided a
veritable platform, which the Igbo should key into “otherwise they will
remain guinea pig as long as this country exists.”
The governor urged the Federal Government
to allow political solutions to agitations by Nigerians as against the
use of brute force and added that he remains committed to the call for
full and total restructuring of Nigeria through dialogue and
negotiation. The governor declared it is too late for Nigeria to
disintegrate.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti yesterday, Fayose
said he was “particularly glad that South-East governors have come to
the realisation that they cannot ignore their own in times like these as
agitations are normal and must not be ignored, although the approach
should be handled with caution.”
He blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s actions and utterances for agitations in the country.
“The father figure of this country is
president Buhari and, if his language does not represent unity, there
will be agitations like we are seeing now. A father figure rallies even
the bad boys in his house. The utterances and actions of Buhari, when he
became president, were against the unity of this country.
“How can a president say he will only
attend to the needs of those who gave him 97 percent vote and neglect
others who did not vote for him? For Nigeria to move forward and in
unity, there must be no sectionalism, there must be no oppression and
there must be justice and equity.”
“The governor, who commended northern
leaders for standing up to ensure that the Arewa youths’ quit notice
against Igbo in the North was resolved and withdrawn without arresting
and detaining anyone, added: “I am sure that the same can be achieved by
Igbo leaders as arresting or re-arresting Kanu may be
counter-productive; it may be perceived as vilification of the entire
South-East, not necessarily Kanu as a person.”
The statement read in part: “This meeting
has provided a veritable platform, which the Igbo must key into
otherwise they will remain guinea pig as long as this country exists.
“That Eze Israel Kanu, father of the IPOB
leader, Nnamdi and elderstatesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, were part of the
meeting is a sign of strong determination and unity on the part of the
South-East leaders and their governors, which I believe will end up in
the amicable resolution of all issues involved, especially by pro-Biafra
activists and IPOB.
“While I appeal to the federal government
to allow political solutions to agitations by Nigerians as against the
use of brute force, which, regrettably, has become the hallmark of this
administration, I remain committed to the call for full and total
restructuring of Nigeria through dialogue and negotiation. Even though
it is too late for Nigeria to disintegrate, we do not need the All
Progressives Congress kind of restructuring.
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