The struggle for self-determination in the South East, according to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, is a result of blatant injustice inflicted against the region by the Nigerian government.
Ikpeazu claimed that the federal government had ignored the interests of the South East for far too long, leading to the Indigenous People of Biafra’s struggle (IPOB).
He went on to say that the region’s anger was exacerbated by the government’s and various groups’ blatant and aggressive comments.
Ikpeazu said peace will only return to the South East and the country if injustice was addressed in an exclusive interview with Dickson Iroegbu in Abuja on Friday.
He said: “What is happening in the South East now is as a result of total disregard of the interest of the South-East people by the Government at the centre.”
“What has happened in the South East is a combination of all manner of things. One is the total disregard of the interest of the South East by the centre and flagrant and provocative comments from both Government and various elements and characters.
“It is difficult to find peace wherever injustice pesters. Nnamdi Kanu is saying that if we are not wanted, could we go?
“There are three options available to every man: integrate me, let me be part of it and the other one, endure untill you die or exit but the system is saying: endure until you are annihilated. The Leadership of the nation is not engaging”.
Ikpezu also denied any involvement in the military invasion of Afaraukwu Ibeku, the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s native country.
He claimed that the soldier’s Commander told him he had instructions to arrest Nnamdi Kanu, but that he later discovered the army had already surrounded his residence.
“I was not told that anything like that (invasion) was going to happen. I only saw the GOC who was at Enugu that time, he showed up in my office and told me that he will arrest Nnamdi Kanu.
” I asked him why? He said he had orders to arrest him. I told him to give me few hours and he obliged. I called the traditional rulers and asked them to talk to Nnamdi’s father who was a traditional ruler to persuade Nnamdi to come and have a word with the GOC, but Nnamdi Kanu refused, saying he was under siege already in his house. I didn’t know that the soldiers were already everywhere,” he said
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