He maintained that no amount of insecurity in the southeast would stop the Igbo from taking its turn at the nation’s presidency, adding: “It is the turn of the southeast to produce the next president, nobody is contesting that. He said they were working hard to turn Igbo land into a terrorist enclave because the idea of a president of Igbo extraction in Nigeria was fast gaining acceptability. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, he said the South East has been one of the most peaceful among the six geopolitical zones, adding: “Now all of a sudden because the idea of presidency coming to Igbo land has come from probability to possibility, people want to turn Igbo land into a terrorists’ ground. x“The Igbo are builders, not nation breakers. He, therefore, stressed that there was an urgent need for the Federal Government to intervene and arrest the senseless killings, destruction of property, and other vices to save Nigerians from hardships associated with banditry.

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2021 03:33 UTC