APGA Urges Buhari To Look Into Biafra Issue

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has said it is
not in support of the use of violence by Biafra protesters
but urged President Muhammadu Buhari to look into the
issue of the marginalization of the Igbo people.

Renewed agitations for the state of Biafra heightened
after the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the
director of Radio Biafra
Vanguard reports that Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, who is the
national publicity secretary of the party said in Awka,
Anambra state that the annoyance of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)
was based on the perceived ill treatment of the Igbos.

He however said APGA was not in support of the use of
violence by the protesters as it might affect economic
activities.

“APGA certainly will not support a situation where protests
by any form are used to disrupt the economic life of the
peaceful people of the South East and endanger the
continued existence of Ndigbo in other parts of the country.
“Much as we as a political party do not subscribe to
violence nor break-down of law and order, it is important
that the two bodies carry out their activities within the ambit
of the law. We are reliably informed that these protests
which hitherto were non-violent, later turned out to become
messy and bloody, leading to arson and loss of lives.
“Investigations also revealed that a combined team of
security operatives involving the army, police and the navy
had been deployed to bring order to the protests.
“The party, however, commends the governors of the South
East, who as chief security officers in their respective states
have shown considerable maturity and responsibility in
handling the protests.
“APGA urges President Buhari to look more into the plight
of the South East in the spirit of equity, justice and fair play
in order to address the fundamental issues of
marginalization of the South East zone to ensure the
frustrations which gave rise to the protests are addressed in
the interest of a united federation and sustenance of one
and indivisible Nigerian nation.”

Meanwhile, IPOB said that the promise of an Igbo
president in 2019 was not a condition for them to cosider
as they were only interested in achieving an independent
Biafra state.