Biafra: Igbos Will Lose More If Nigeria Breaks Up - Rochas Okorocha |SEE WHY
Afnews Editor
Jun 20, 2021
Rochas Okorocha, the Senator representing Imo West, has cautioned the Southeast against their agitations for Nigeria's breakup.
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Okorocha warned that Igbos would be the worst hit if Nigeria breaks up.
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The former Imo State Governor spoke in Abuja while addressing some women groups yesterday.
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Okorocha stressed that the Southeast should push towards fixing the country and not its disintegration.
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The lawmaker stressed that Igbos are nationalistic in nature, hence they should dismiss the urge for Nigeria's disintegration.
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He said: "It is only an Igbo man that goes to a place and remains put in that place, buys a land and builds a house for his family without feeling insecure. The Igbo's will lose more if Nigeria divides.
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"Most Nigerian leaders who were successful had one thing or the other to do with the Igbos. It is either they married Igbo women or had some links with them. I can call names like, former President, Obasanjo; former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Buba Marwa, just to name a fewÔÇØ.
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Southeast groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereignty State of Biafra, MASSOB, have been agitating for the disintegration of Nigeria.
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