The people of the Southeast geopolitical zone have been cautioned against their agitations for Nigeria’s breakup.
The warning was issued by the former governor of Imo State and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha.
Okorocha warned that Igbos would be the worst hit if Nigeria breaks up.
The Senator spoke in Abuja while addressing some women groups on Saturday.
The former governor said he believes that the Southeast should push towards fixing the country rather than its disintegration.
Okorocha maintained that Igbos are nationalistic in nature, hence they should dismiss the urge for Nigeria’s disintegration.
According to him, “It is only an Igbo man that goes to a place and remains put in that place, buys a land and builds a house for his family without feeling insecure. The Igbo’s will lose more if Nigeria divides.
“Most Nigerian leaders who were successful had one thing or the other to do with the Igbos. It is either they married Igbo women or had some links with them. I can call names like, former President, Obasanjo; former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Buba Marwa, just to name a few”.
Southeast groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereignty State of Biafra, MASSOB, have been agitating for the disintegration of Nigeria.
