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Former minister of aviation, Osita
Chidoka, has called on the Nigerian
government to lift the proscription it
placed on the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB).
During the flag off of his governorship
campaign in Uli, Anambra state, Osita
argued that the proscription and the
declaration of IPOB as a terrorist
organisation is unnecessary and would
not strengthen the unity of Nigeria.
NAIJ.com gathered that Osita, who is
currently running for the governorship
office in Anambra state, said that the
Igbo voice against marginalization and
injustice will not be achieved on the
streets but by engaging the government.
He said: “While we salute all those who
through one legitimate way or the other
had pursued the struggle, we state today
that we are stepping into a new frontier.
The Igbo voice against marginalization
and injustice will not be achieved on the
streets.
“It will rather be won with a determined
engagement of our institutions of
government and with other Nigerians
who feel aggrieved to redefine the
meaning of Nigeria and remove the
inequalities that have fanned the embers
of discord and restructure our nation
along the lines of justice, equality and
fairness.
”How can Igbos be terrorists? We have
always actively participated in the
Nigerian project, yet in this country, we
have suffered since June 1945 British
inspired ethnic violence, nineteen
incidents of pogroms, wanton killings,
and violence against our people living
across the country."
Osita, a governorship candidate under
the United Progressive Party said there
is no form of terrorism in the south east
and the people of the region do not feel
terrorised at all.
He said: “In March 2015, our country
went to an election that divided us
greatly. Today the nation is still greatly
divided, and almost back to her
primordial lines. Our country is
troubled; our people are afraid; our
future is uncertain.
“We cannot build a great nation without
unity at home. We cannot be a nation
where people are hated, branded and
then hounded and ostracized.
“We stand here to declare that there are
no terrorists in our state; there are no
terrorists in our region and we do not
feel terrorized as a people.”
Meanwhile, MOSYLOADED previously
reported that the Defence Headquarters
has said that it has no business
declaring IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu,
wanted.
This was made known by the director,
defence information, Major General
John Enenche at a press briefing with
journalists on Friday, September 29.
Enenche also informed journalists
present at the briefing that Kanu was
not in military custody and so they
couldn’t be held accountable for him.
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