BIAFRA AGITATION IS NONSENSE, EBONYI WILL NEVER BE PART OF BIAFRA, I’VE SAID IT BEFORE AND AGAIN, SAYS GOV. DAVE UMAHI

{…We (Ebonyi) are not for Biafra, we are for a united and equitable just Nigeria~ UMAHI }
Otu Obiahu, AJM NEWS
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, has said the state will never be part of Biafra, a defunct republic that the Indigenous People of Biafra are trying to make alive again.
Umahi, one of the 2023 presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made this assertion while playing host to members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), at the Government House in Abakiliki, the state capital.
According to him, Ebonyi is now enlightened and no longer a state that produces servants for others but a state that is fully integrated into Nigeria.
Governor Umahi said, “I use this opportunity to tell Igbo to be wise, this sit at home is useless and it is nonsense. This agitation is NONSENSE for me because even if it was to be Biafra, EBONYI WILL NEVER BELONG TO BIAFRA.
“I have been saying it and I will continue to say it and I have no apologies because we have been used as house boys and house girls and by the creation of Ebonyi State, we are having self-determination and somebody is telling me about Biafra. We have to get to the status of our brothers and sisters in South East. Before, we have no confidence in ourselves and we are changing the narratives and somebody has been your house boy and house girl and the person wants to aspire, you will definitely not be happy.
“So, we are not for Biafra, we are for a united and equitable just Nigeria. And so, I will continue to preach that there is no gain in sit at home, there is no gain in our killing ourselves and I am happy that the altercation with other people from other region is a thing of the past. We are living peacefully with our brothers and sisters from other regions and it is quite encouraging. But in sit at home, I don’t support it at all and I call on our people to come out in sincerity and fear of God, let us work together to do something about our region and liberate our people.”
This is not the first time Umahi would take a stance by insisting that Ebonyi is not and will never be a part of Biafra.
In January, during a reception organized for him by his political associates after declaring his presidential bid, the Governor had stated that his state will not be part of the agitation for a sovereign nation for the Igbos as it was not part of Biafra.
“First and foremost, I have been saying it, if anybody tells you about Biafra, tell them Ebonyi State will never be part of Biafra. We are not Biafra.
“We have been so oppressed and now we are finding our feet and you want us to go back. We will not. We will not. Let me make it clear for all to hear. Ebonyi State will not be part of any Biafran agitation,” the governor had declared.
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