Segun Adeniyi, spokesman to late President Umaru Yara’dua, has condemned the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and quit notices in the North.
Adeniyi spoke on Monday in Lagos in a paper he delivered at the “The Platform,” an annual programme organised by Covenant Christian Centre.
According to him, IPOB agitations lacked focus.
He explained that the approach adopted by the group through the use of violence and hate speeches, not only “threatened unity but also smacked of ethnicity”.
Adeniyi insisted said that “it was wrong for IPOB to create the impression that the rest of the country was against the Igbos.
“The group squandered an opportunity to raise genuine concerns about the South-East zone by resorting to hate messages.”
Adeniyi also described as “unfortunate” the quit notice issued to Igbos by some Arewa youths to leave the North.
He further declared that the country’s problems were not rooted in ethnicity or religion, adding that Nigerians playing ethnic and religious cards were part of the problem.
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