The Onyeisi (Leader) Ndigbo, Delta Central and South Senatorial District, Eze (Sir) Peter Chibueze Chukwu,
urged Igbos in the country to stop complaining of marginalization and see their numerical strength as a means of negotiating political relevance.
Eze Chukwu who said this in a press briefing in Warri, Delta state on Monday January 3, noted that Igbos are responsible for their low representation in national politics.
He further stressed that the region has all it takes to be politically dominant in the country.
He said: “Our people are still living with the past experience of the civil war, where successive military rule has relegated our sense of reasoning and abused our collective sensibility by using Igbos against the Igbos and choosing to support charlatans as leaders among the N’digbo.”
“Igbos are no longer marginalized and those who feel marginalized should de-marginalize themselves,” he said.
However, he also encouraged the federal government to dialogue on the issue of the separatist leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu who is currently facing treason charges.
Going further, he cited the 1964 treason charges and pardon of Isaac Adaka Boro and Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1966.
He added that: “These two great men later contributed to the national growth in different capacities. Isaac Adaka Boro later enlisted in Nigerian Army and fought gallantly, and Awolowo later became the federal minister of finance and gave a good account of himself,” adding that same gesture could be extended to Nnamdi Kanu by the Buhari administration.”
Meanwhile, the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has raised allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has a secret detention centre managed by the Department of State Services (DSS).
