Igala socio-cultural group, on Wednesday said Igala land is not part of Biafra.
In a press briefing in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, the leader of the group, Chief Barry Idakwo said the inclusion of Igala land as part of Biafra was an insult to the sensibility of the people of the land.
Idakwo also noted that including Igala land in the map of Biafra was not only insulting but also provocative to the Igala race.
He said the declaration of Igala Kingdom as a clan by the Biafra agitators is definitely a product of ignorance of history and mischief.
He said, “It is therefore unthinkable to annex the Igala kingdom without consulting us. Probably this may be due to the erroneous belief that Igala kingdom is a clan thus not important to consult the people of the great Igala kingdom before being annexed as part of the agitation.
“This is against the spirit of fairness, sovereignty, equity, peaceful cohabitation and democracy to forcefully and falsely claim that a great kingdom as the Igala kingdom, which was never defeated in any war is part of Biafra.”
The Igala social cultural group, however, urged their Igbo brothers to engage the Nigeria nation more purposefully for quality governance rather than agitations for separatist state.
Noting why Nigeria must remain united, Idakwo said, “We, as a people in the Middle Belt crave for peace at all times because when war breaks out, we will be at the receiving end as the theatre of war. The last civil war holds very unpleasant testimonies.”
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