South East Governors have appealed to agitators for self-determination in the region to halt hostilities and allow them (governors) negotiate solutions to age-long grievances with the Federal Government within six months, IgbereTV reports.
“We’re calling on our youths to submit their demands to us, we’ll come to the centre and submit. If in the next six months we’ve not substantially addressed it, we can join you in the agitation. But right now, we don’t support you to insult the president, leaders of southeast and other leaders. That’s not agitation, that’s foolishness.”
South-east Governors
“So, we’ve to tell ourselves the truth, if we want to address marginalization and exclusion from the affairs of the nation, we’ve to apply wisdom. We shouldn’t go by the way of violence and allow people to hijack peaceful demands of our people. This is our position.”
The Governors spoke through the Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state.
