Gov of Ebonyi State and Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, Ebonyi state was not among the states that formed the “Sovereign States of Biafra,” as proclaimed by the Indigenous People of Biafra.
Speaking during the inauguration of Operation Python Dance (Egwu Eke) phase III, by the Nigerian Army at Nkwegu Military Cantonment in Abakaliki, the state capital, Umahi noted that Ebonyi was a sovereign state, and did’t want to be colonised again.
He said IPOB was not welcome in his state even though he was not against them acknowledging that “some of their complaints are genuine; but the approach is very bad.”
He informed the GOC that IPOB members had been sending text messages threatening to kidnap and kill the five South-East governors.
“The GOC, you are coming at a time we had our brothers and sisters of IPOB sending text messages that, there will be no elections and insulting the leaders, particularly the South-East governors.
“Just few days back, they sent text message to my wife that the five governors of the South-East would be kidnapped and that their security would be overpowered and that after ransoms were paid, they would kill them and kill themselves.
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“That is laughable; although as a leader in the zone, I must say some of their complaints are genuine; but the approach is very bad. That is why the leaders of south-east are not in support of their approach.”
“So, we are not against them, but their approach. And as the Chief Security of the state, I do not welcome them; Ebonyi state is not part of Biafra, we are a sovereign state, and we don’t want to be colonised again, as we are a state demanding better treatment in the affairs of our nation,” he said.
