Stop Spreading Rumour Against IPOB, They re not Violent, Carries no Arms, Kalu Warms Northern Leaders
THE former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu has warned that killings must stop saying that no country survives two civil wars.
He stated this during his condolence visit to the families of late Kure, the former Governor of Niger State.
While speaking on the unity of Nigeria, the former Abia State Governor warned that there must be peace across Nigeria at whatever cost and condemned the recent killings in Southern-Kaduna in Kaduna State which he described as unfortunate saying “we have no country than Nigeria”.
While defending the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Kalu said their activities do not in any way portend threat to the unity of the country.
He said: “IPOB or MOSOP are armless people; they are different from Boko Haram, so we will continue to appeal to Nigerians because there must be peace. What is happening in Southern Kaduna State is not right, people should stop killing their fellow Nigerians, we should manage rumours very well.
“We are Nigerians, and we will remain in Nigeria because it is our place, we have no other place to go; there is no basis to compare the activities of Boko Haram insurgents with those of the Biafra agitators in the name of MASSOB and IPOB,” he said.
Unlike IPOB and MASSOB, he said, Boko Haram is by far deadlier all things considered and are therefore not on a par with the Islamist sect.
Speaking further, he warned politicians to stop fanning the embers of discord on the activities of the pro-Biafra agitators adding that they do not carry arms and are therefore not violent.
“None of those Biafra agitators carry arms; they are not violent. They don’t constitute any threat to the unity of Nigeria. Politicians should stop spreading rumours on social media to impress people. Nigeria is our home. We have no other country.”, he added.
