Frontlne politician, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Wednesday said that the Igbo do not wish to leave Nigeria.
He said his people will not secede from the country because Igbos have invested in Nigeria more that Hausas and Yorubas.
He spoke as a special guest of honour at a National Unity summit organised by Arewa Ambassadors Congress of Nigeria in partnership with Youth Assembly of Nigeria.
Iwuanyanwu said that the Igbos were major stakeholders in the country and would not be party to any move to divide it.
He also said that the federal government should not have arrested the leader of the ingenious people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
His words: “He (Kanu) only expressed his view. No arm was found in his possession. We are Biafrans and we are not ashamed to say it. Igbo have invested more in Nigeria than Arewa and Oduduwa. We want to be one Nigeria in fairness.
“Biafra is not about secession. It is a name of a particular people in Nigeria from the South East. Therefore, it is not an offense to say that I am a Biafran. There was no victor, no vanquished after the civil war.
“I am impressed with Yakubu Gowon because he implemented all the agreements reached at the end of the Civil War. Igbo were not deprived at the end of the civil war”.
The businessman challenged the Nigerian youth to work for the growth of the country and shun tribal and religious sentiments.
Speaking, Governor Rochas Okorocha, appealed to the youths to uphold the Unity of the country where ever they went.
Represented by his special Adviser on Northern affairs, Faisal Lawan, Okorocha identified cultism as one of the vices working against the growth of young Nigerians.
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