{"id":44227,"date":"2021-05-31T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44227"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:12:35","slug":"ipob-ikpeazu-cautions-against-another-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-ikpeazu-cautions-against-another-civil-war","title":{"rendered":"IPOB: Ikpeazu cautions against another civil war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the issue of injustice must be addressed in Nigeria as some of the agitations are germane.<\/p>\n

Ikpeazu warned against the outbreak of another Civil War in the pursuit of the creation of Biafra.<\/p>\n

The Governor, during an interview on Channels Television on Sunday, warned that violence is not the way to achieve the creation of Biafra nation, insisting that there are better means of going about it.<\/p>\n

Ikpeazu, however, said that the issue of injustice must be addressed as some of the agitations were germane but waved aside the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, adding that he does not recognize the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe in Biafra through the barrels of the gun because I saw a little bit of the Civil War and I don\u2019t want that kind of thing and I don\u2019t see the prospects of that venture and I don\u2019t want anything that will be suicidal,\u201d the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s governor said, adding, \u201cAs far as we are concerned in Abia, there is nothing like IPOB.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ikpeazu did not, however, fail to admit that \u201cit is difficult to proscribe an ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Biafra is a metaphor for agitation against injustice in any way, then there is Biafra in the heart of every Nigerian.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are we not taking steps to build bridges? Rather we are emphasizing things that divide us \u2013 ethnicity, religion \u2013 all those things that divide us,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the issue of injustice must be addressed in Nigeria as some of the agitations are germane. Ikpeazu warned against the outbreak of another Civil War in the pursuit of the creation of Biafra. 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