{"id":15476,"date":"2019-09-15T13:10:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15476"},"modified":"2019-09-15T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:11:15","slug":"rochas-okorocha-reveals-when-hell-join-nnandi-kanus-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/rochas-okorocha-reveals-when-hell-join-nnandi-kanus-ipob","title":{"rendered":"Rochas Okorocha reveals when he\u2019ll join Nnandi Kanu\u2019s IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has declared that he will not hesitate to join the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, if the Nnamdi Kanu-led group is able to convince him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor, now the lawmaker representing Imo North at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, said that he is yet to find out what IPOB is looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha, who admitted knowing members of the organisation added it is his duty to have a chat with them as a father.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that they must convince him on why he must join IPOB and where it is taking Igbos to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first place, IPOB is not different from other similar groups from other parts of the country, but it is just the packaging and name that have always been the problem,\u201d he was quoted by Sun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what we plan to achieve by isolating ourselves from the rest of the country. And until IPOB answers the question, the leaders might not know how to handle it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you say IPOB, are they trying to call for another sovereign nation? If they want to use this as a way of correcting certain injustices meted to the Igbo, then they should change the name to start with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Oduduwa, Arewa or Niger Delta youths talk, they don\u2019t call for a sovereign nation. For Igbo to become a country of their own, they have to think about the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t think it is good for the Igbo to become isolated from other nations and tribes in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the young men may have grievances, they should package them properly for the world to understand what they are fighting for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest with you, I don\u2019t know what IPOB is looking for till date. I don\u2019t know what the agenda of IPOB are and where they are planning to take Ndigbo to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leaders seem to have kept quiet for too long. As our children, we need to guild them and let them know that they cannot be talking about sovereignty within a nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat programme do they have in the first place? What has IPOB done about the Igbo killed in South Africa? Is it not surprising that they have not done anything?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI challenge all the Igbo to return from South Africa, India and other parts of the world, converge on Onitsha market and let us see what will happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the Igbo need <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_People_of_Biafra\">IPOB<\/a> at this point; it is rather a distraction that is not good for our political future. It might be the reason we are not doing well politically, yet we are adding more danger to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are our children; we love them and need to bring them closer. So, it is the failure of leadership in Igboland that should be blamed. We are not showing good leadership to these boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are children and look at how they attacked Ekweremadu, but how have the attack or threat to other political leaders solved the problem of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igbo_people\">Igbo<\/a> in Nigeria?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow has it corrected the problem of marginalisation of Igbo in Nigeria? They are beating up people in the name of IPOB in Owerri, Aba and other towns, but how has that solved the problem?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think IPOB is rather waging war against ourselves which should not be. I am looking forward to meeting with them anytime to address this issue and if they convince me, I will follow them and if I convince them, they should follow me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we have a meeting where the Igbo will meet with these IPOB, MASSOB and those other associations to find a common ground because whether they are bad, good or evil, they are our brothers, children, sons and daughters?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot lay claim that I don\u2019t know them because they are Igbo and it is my duty to have a chat with them as a father. They must convince me on why I must join IPOB and where it is taking us to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have told them to join APC because through APC, Igbo man might become president and if they have contrary view, they can look for alternative. IPOB needs to explain where they want to take Ndigbo to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has declared that he will not hesitate to join the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, if the Nnamdi Kanu-led group is able to convince him to do so. 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