The National
Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congres (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams has
revealed that the current agitation for the republic of Biafra by the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of the
Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), can only be resolved through the
consideration of the1963 Republican constitution.
Adams who made this
assertion during an interview with ‘The Sun newspaper, stressed that the
Yorubas are solidly behind the Igbo people in the struggle for their own
country called Biafra.
Speaking further, the
OPC national coordinator noted that he would be that last person to go against
the agitation of pro-Biafra groups. Giving reason for his decision, Adams
stressed that the Igbos are now more sophisticated than in 1967-1970, calling
on Nigeria to let them go.
According to him, “I would be the last person
that would ask the Igbo people to stop the agitation for the Republic of
Biafra. It is their right for self-determination. “Look at the population of
the Igbo people now and they are the most vibrant and widely travelled
Nigerians. ‘When people are saying that they would crush the Igbo people the
way they crushed them in 1967, I always laugh at them. “The people you have now
are not the Igbo of 1967 to 1970. “We have a new Igbo society that is more
organized and sophisticated.
“I was one of those that supported the release
of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. “The
crackdown on IPOB would not help matters because if they are determined for
liberation, you cannot stop them no matter the force you use against them.
“So, I believe that
the only way to resolves all these agitations is to go back to the Republican
Constitution of 1963,” the OPC national coordinator opined.
Culled from Aledeh
Culled from Aledeh
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