Okezie Ikpeazu, the governor of Abia State says proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by the Federal Government has not achieved any result, adding that an ideology cannot be proscribed.
He, however, said that violence is not the best way to achieve the creation of an independent Biafra nation.
Speaking when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he said: “I don’t believe in Biafra through the barrels of the gun because I saw a little bit of the Civil War and I don’t want that kind of thing and I don’t see the prospects of that venture and I don’t want anything that will be suicidal.
“As far as we are concerned in Abia, there is nothing like IPOB. It is difficult to proscribe an ideology.
While advocating for justice and equity in the nation, the Abia governor argued that some of the agitations from Nigerians are germane and should be addressed.
“If Biafra is a metaphor for agitation against injustice in any way, then there is Biafra in the heart of every Nigerian,”
He lamented the division in the country, adding that: “Why are we not taking steps to build bridges? Rather we are emphasizing things that divide us – ethnicity, religion – all those things that divide us,” the governor said.
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