A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has berated
the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu for
asking Igbos to boycott elections in the South-East until referendum is
conducted.
Speaking in Abia State, the former governor and Chieftain of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, said it was unconstitutional for Kanu to
demand that elections be boycotted in the South East.
Noting that Kanu reserved the right to agitate for Biafra,
Kalu insisted that the IPOB leader had no right to stop people of the region
from choosing their leaders.
He said: “It will not be fair for IPOB to say that, it is unconstitutional.
They have the right to agitate for Biafra, but have no right of disrupting
people’s process of registration or electing their leaders.
“IPOB people have
every right to agitate, after all, we have free speech in the country, everybody
has right to agitate for what he feels is right for him, but that should follow
due process.
“You know, I went to prison to see Nnamdi Kanu when he was
there and I spoke with him. I also almost at the same time visited his parents
at their Afara Ukwu, Umuahia country home and I also spoke with them.
“That does not mean I’m in support of what he is doing as
some people many tend to believe. At the same time, I’m not against his
agitation, he has that right, but like I said earlier, it must follow due
process.
“I wish they will understand where the world is going; none
of the world powers supports the division of Nigeria.
“What I think we should do as a people is to come forcefully
and demand for our rights, right of being president of this country, right of
having equality, right of social justice and right of being treated with the
same law; these are what we should be asking for.”
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