Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and ousted governor of Imo State, Chief Emeka Ihedioha has expressed joy over the re-arrest of the Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnammdi Kanu by the Nigerian Government, Njenje Media News reports.
In a Press Release signed on his behalf by his Media Aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Imo-born politician added that the Igbos have never been known to engage in violence as a means to end conflict.
Read the Press Release below:
PRESS RELEASE
IHEDIOHA COMMENDS FG ON MAZI NNAMDI KANU’S ARREST
SAYS IGBOS ARE PEACE-LOVING PEOPLE
The former Governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has commended the Federal Government on the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives made this remark in Abuja when he met the leadership of Arewa Consultative Forum, a foremost Northern sociocultural group.
Ihedioha disclosed that the Igbo’s throughout history has been peaceful and accommodating people, as evidenced by their numerous businesses spread across the country.
He further expressed his thanks to President Muhammadu Buhari for his foresight in arresting the security situation occasioned in the South East in the past months, urging that any unity garnered through violence is never a lasting one.
Ihedioha also urged the Federal Government to give an ear to the numerous agitation rocking the country, saying that violence is an ill wind that blows that blows no one any good.
In his reaction, Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the group, Ambassador Shehu Malami, praised Former Governor Ihedioha for his detribalized and peaceful nature, noting that the spate of insecurity in the country is a result of the abandonment of the youth, which has culminated in the banditry, kidnapping, herders/farmers clashes that has spread to different parts of the country.
Malami also urged Ihedioha to consider himself one of them as they are all brothers in the Nigerian Project.
Signed
Chibuike Onyeukwu
Media Aide to His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON
July 1, 2021
