Military Deployment To S’East Will Breed More Biafra Agitators – Omokri

The recent deployment of Nigerian soldiers to South East Nigeria will encourage more Igbo youths to join the Biafra struggle, Reno Omokri has said.

Omokri, who attributed recent agitations for Biafra to injustice on President Buhari’s part, accused the president of appointing 65% of northers in the recent reshuffling at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

“Look at NNPC where you just overwhelmingly appointed 67 percent Northerners, if you had balanced your appointments in the Federal Civil Service, if you had done equity, you would have won the hearts of many people from the South East,” he said.

“People of the South East are agitating for Biafra because they feel they are not well treated by the current Nigerian Government. For example, the Military said they are doing a show of force in Abia State while last Thursday 20 people were killed in Jos by Fulani herdsmen allegedly, now if the Military wants to do a show of Force why not go there, why not go to Southern Kaduna where many people have been killed?.

“In Abia nobody has been killed there, the Military does not need to be there, I’m telling you, what is happening in the South East is going to make more Igbo youths want to join the Biafra struggle and become anti-Nigeria. This is the time when we need unity of purpose, the economy is collapsing all around us so we need to be united to rebuild the economy.

“Northern elders should talk to Buhari, talk to this man, let this man know that what he is doing is wrong, I understand that if you have a hammer you see all problems as nails, his hammer is the Military and all problems he is applying Military Force.

“How has the Military been able to quell the Boko Haram insurgency, look at the Shiite, they have not been quelled, they are regrouping. These people are not enemies they are your citizens and you need to be careful on how you deal with them or you will be creating a major problem.

“If he can just treat people of the South East with equity, what is happening right now would not have happened and I urge all those who have interest in President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss these issues with him.”

The former Special Adviser on New Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan further advised the president to ignore Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), if he wants secession agitations to quell.

“If you want this boy’s agitation to die a natural death ignore him. Publicity and persecution are the oxygen he needs to grow his struggle, if you had wanted this Biafra agitation to die, all you should have done is ensure justice, equity in all your appointments,” Omokri said.