The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his co-travelers to restore the ancient nation of Biafra as noise-makers, Elder Statesman, Tanko Yakassai has said while roping in prominent Igbo leaders like the Deputy Senate President, Dr Ike Ekweremadu, Prof Charles Soludo and former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku whose actions and body languages tacitly supports Nnamdi Kanu.
Yakassai said this while speaking with Sunday Sun on the unbending desire by the Federal Government keep Nigeria one.
He said: “What I found out is that leaders of all ethnic nationalities in Nigeria; be they Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba, have been intimidated by the youth to the point that they allow them to dictate the agenda.''
The elder statesman pointed accusing fingers to Igbo leaders who, he said, are tacitly supporting Nnamdi Kanu adding that if they had joined forces to speak against Kanu's activities, it wouldn't have degenerated to this level.
He particularly berated Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and Prof Charles Soludo for giving tacit support to the IPOB.
“I cannot see why Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, former governor of Central Bank, Prof Charles Soludo, and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, would go on a solidarity visit to Nnamdi Kanu when his case was being heard in the court. To me, it looks they are being intimidated by their youths. For these three gentlemen who had attained the eminent positions of responsibility in Nigeria through the support of all Nigerians to lend support to Kanu who is all out to recreate Biafara is really unfortunate. It means they have no courage to say the right thing. These are men who are eminently qualified to be president of Nigeria. That such persons could condescend so low to support a secessionist movement in Nigeria really disappointed me,” he fumed.
Yakassai further debunked the complaint by the Igbo that they were being treated as a second class citizen as untrue. “Anywhere you go in Nigeria, there are Igbo and they go about their legitimate businesses without any hindrance. So, the perception of some Igbo that they are being treated like second class citizen is not correct. It is false. No Nigerian enjoys the patronage of Nigerians like the Igbo people. Igbo are more dominant in all centres of commercial activities in Nigeria than any other tribe. How can such people wake up one day and say they want to break away,” he queried.
“If an Ibo man who is popular enough contests governorship election in Lagos, there is every possibility that he can win because of the sheer number of Igbo living in Lagos for ages. During the First Republic, there was an Ibo man who contested the election of Lagos Town Council against a Yoruba candidate and defeated him.
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All you people know is the business of who becomes president, but not the wellbeing of the entire country. I read you mentioned that igbos are not been marginalized and all you could mention was their individual achievements : one would wonder what happens to their political achievements, appointments by government of the day to show that they are integrated as one Nigeria?what happens to the reparations of the region after the Civil War devastation, where Nigeria government promised "no Victor no vanquished". What has Nigeria done to assuage the sin against biafrans where they gave each person's 20 pounds from the millions they may have in the bank? What happens to the way the law treats them as compared to a fulani man who is not even educated and more of Nigerian in character than an igbo man? What happens to the sharing of the nations wealth, the development of infrastructure and other things to mention, which involves government discretion to attain? You keep saying that the youths controls the Igbo elder state men :then I ask, would they rather control the youths whose futures are the one at stake? How old were people like you when you took over power from the British in 60s, that up till this moment, you still expect that the youths will be in farm while your likes continue to administer the affairs of this country? I think that you are only sick.
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