IPOB: Buhari Reveals Why It’s Unthinkable For Any Igbo To Leave Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “unthinkable makes an attempt by any Igbo man, most particularly the proscribed Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB) to depart the nation.

Buhari who puzzled why some Igbo males are clamouring for separation mentioned Igbos are elementary to Nigeria’s development and financial system, including that they’ve profitable companies throughout the nation.

The President said this on Thursday in Owerri whereas talking at a city corridor assembly with South-East leaders throughout his one-day official go to to Imo State.

Buhari’s go to to Imo State happened two months after the IPOB chief, Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested abroad and extradited to Nigeria to face trial.

The outlawed group had within the final one month referred to as on Biafran folks to remain house and companies shut throughout the Southeast states in solidarity for his or her chief.

Additionally, the group referred to as for a protest towards Buhari’s Imo go to on Thursday as major roads have been empty and markets and retailers remained shut in Owerri.

A press release quoted the president as saying that with lower than two years left in his eight-year tenure because the President of Nigeria, safety would stay a serious precedence for his regime.

A press release by the president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina and titled, ‘I need to be remembered as a president who stabilised Nigeria, President Buhari tells South-East leaders why they need to not depart Nigeria.

Acknowledging the resourcefulness and enterprising spirit of the Igbo folks, the President mentioned, “The elemental factor concerning the Igbo folks is that there is no such thing as a city you’ll go to in Nigeria with out seeing the Igbos being in control of both infrastructure or pharmaceutical business.

“Due to this fact, it’s unthinkable for me that any Igbo man would think about himself to not be part of Nigeria.

“The proof is there for everybody to see that Igbos are in control of Nigeria’s financial system.”

Noting that no nation could make any significant progress with out the event of infrastructure, the president expressed remorse that successive governments on the Federal stage contributed to the decay of essential infrastructure within the nation.

He promised that the Federal Authorities would full ongoing key initiatives within the South East, together with the 2nd Niger Bridge in addition to the railway strains and routes linking the area with different elements of the nation.

“I firmly imagine that once you get infrastructure proper, Nigerians will thoughts their very own companies,” he mentioned, including that as a bunch, the Igbos stand to profit extra from the continued improvement of infrastructure within the nation as a result of “they’re extra enterprising”.

Buhari had earlier commissioned 4 initiatives executed by Governor Hope Uzodinma, together with the Naze/Ihiagwa/Nekede/Obinze hyperlink highway, the Balloon Pushed/Flood Management drainage at Dick Tiger Highway, the Egbeada Bypass highway and the New Exco-Chambers, Authorities Home, Owerri.

Addressing Imo residents on the commissioning of Egbeada bypass named after a outstanding son of the State, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the president mentioned he was very impressed with the extent of labor carried out by the State authorities.

“I’m very happy with what I’ve seen and I guarantee you that I’ll help Imo State inside the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he mentioned.