After 55 Years the civil war has ended, the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has demanded an apology over the wanton destruction of lives and properties of Ndigbo during the civil war.
Okezie Ikpeazu, who spoke during a studio visit to a digital Pan-African news network in Abuja, however threw his weight behind the agitation by the indigenous peoples of Biafra, IPOB.
The governor who faulted the strategy being deployed by IPOB noted however, that the Ndigbo has not been fairly treated in the country. He insisted that the destructive strategy of IPOB was a recipe for the breakdown of law and order in the South East geopolitical zone.
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He said, “Who is going to tell us what happened during the civil war, who did what and why? Why can’t some people come and tell us we are very sorry for what we did? You can’t sweep certain things under the carpet.
“The tension is palpable and this is the time for us to open up as those who love the country. I speak this way because I spent 7 years in the University of Maiduguri. I have gone through all part of northern Nigeria and I understand this country. “I feel sad that the strings that hold us together are gradually giving way.
The NYSC has collapsed. You are bottling up people and if you have too many people and if you have too many atoms in an enclosure and you apply pressure you are creating a bomb.
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“That is exactly what js happening. We have become very agitated as a people. We have to call a spade a spade no matter whose ox is formed.
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