Biafra Agitation Started Because Of Buhari’s ‘Islamisation Agenda’ – Ezeife

*Says Buhari Made Igbos Useless In Nigeria – 

Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former Anambra state governor, has said the agitation for the sovereign state of the Republic of Biafra started when President Muhammadu Buhari came into power with an agenda to Islamise Nigeria.

Ezeife stated this while reacting to whether or not the struggle for self-determination by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is out-of-place.

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The former governor further said the secession struggle by Biafra agitators did not arise under the tenures of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan, but under the current regime because President Buhari came with a “decision to push the South-east out of Nigeria”.

Ezeife also accused Buhari of denying South-east of the position of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, adding that he (Buhari) made Igbos useless in the country.

“The way we are in Nigeria today, especially under Buhari is useless. At the start of his government, he employed more than 40 people without a single South easterner,” he told Sun.

”​He denied South-east of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the lowest of the six positions that are critically important. He sacked Igbo people and other southerners from the military, Customs”.​

“He killed our people for no just cause in Aba, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Asaba. The Port Harcourt bloodletting is the one that drives me crazy. I don’t know what to make of that one. Because some boys were rejoicing that Trump won in America you massacred them.

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“How does it concern Nigeria’s security and they came and slaughtered them in their numbers. What that says is that our position in Nigeria is reaching the point of eji ndu eme gini? ​T​herefore we may consider quitting.

“My own submission is that Biafra becomes inevitable if this injustices​ ​- marginalization, inequity, all forms of bad things being done to the South-east​ ​continue beyond Buhari, then we must not keep hanging in for any reason.

​”​Remember IPOB was not there during Obasanjo’s regime, it was not there during Yar’Adua’s time, it was not there during Jonathan’s tenure as president. But because Buhari came with his Islamization agenda and a decision to push the South-east out of Nigeria​.

“​If we react, our reaction is where we are going, and we must go if things continue the way they are. But not all of us believe that things will continue like this. Why do we believe that things must change when every day we are confronted with more reasons why our stay here is injurious?

“Even people who never thought about us are now getting conscious of the inhumanity of our continued stay and are changing their opinions.​ They are now talking about giving the Igbo the presidency. Today, Igbo are a great majority in Nigeria.

”​We are pushing for restructuring, so are the Yoruba, South-south, middle belt. So, four zones are talking about restructuring.​ ​Even among people of the North-east, many are asking for restructuring. Some in the North-west are also asking for restructuring. So, it is a matter of understanding where you are going.

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“Those who say Biafra outright is better than restructuring, I doubt they are right. If you are waiting for something and you don’t get it, Biafra becomes an option,” he said.

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