Why Nigeria must break-up – Ezeife

Elder statesman and former Governor of the old Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has claimed that unless Nigeria is properly restructured, the country may split in no distant time.

According to him, Muhammadu Buhari does not regard the Igbo people as part of Nigeria, hence the agitation for the Republic of Biafra.

He told Vanguard that, “The only thing that assures the disintegration of Nigeria is the non-restructuring of Nigeria; I want you to know it and tell the world that those of us who love Nigeria are the people talking about restructuring,” he told Vanguard.

“The summary of the situation is that Buhari’s administration has been pushing the South East, Ndigbo out of Nigeria that is why they ignited IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) MASSOB (Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra) with more zeal and more and more people are talking about being on their own.

“I told you something, but they are more. When Buhari started recruiting officials, he recruited more than 40 new officials without one South Eastern person there.

“I have told you about the protocol positions and geo-political zones. There were people earmarked for some headships like NIMASA, Civil Defence, and those people were supposed to be Igbo, but as soon as Buhari took over, they were dropped, and other people were chosen.

“Today we know the population of Ndigbo is not small, but today the National Security Council of Nigeria will be meeting without South East being represented. It is clear that our government has no accommodation for South East.

The elder statesman described the leader of Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu as a brilliant young man who is fighting for the right course.

“Nnamdi Kanu is an intelligent and concerned young man. Very justified in what he is thinking and doing. The problem we are having is that Buhari is pushing the South East out of Nigeria and therefore fanning the fire of secession.

“In the South East, we have the Igbo people. Igbo people committed the greatest number of suicide during the slave trade. More Igbo committed suicide than any other group during the slave trade,” he added