Biafra: What my father would have done concerning agitations – Patience, Sam Mbakwe’s da

Patience, the first daughter of a former Governor of Imo State, the late Sam Mbakwe, has revealed what the politician would have done regarding the Biafra agitation in the South East.

According to Patience, a former Commissioner in Imo state, Mbakwe had always wanted a united Nigeria since after the Civil War.

Patience, now the lawmaker representing Okigwe in the Imo House of Assembly, said her father immensely contributed to the development of the country and this has kept his name high.

Asked what she thinks would have been her father’s view on agitation for Biafra, she told Punch, “He would not have supported it because he always wanted a one and united Nigeria after the civil war.

“For instance, he was a member of the Constitutional Conference in 1978 and during the regime of the late General Sani Abacha.

“He also served on several national committees. He solely championed the “Abandoned Property” cause in Port Harcourt.

“This was because he did not understand why an Igbo man should relinquish his property anywhere in the country, as assumed that we are one Nigeria. He contributed to the birth of Second Republic which made the military restore power to the civilians.

“He played a very prominent role, among other things, in the creation of the old Imo State from the then East Central State.”

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