Steer clear of Benue, Rivers, leaders tellš Nnamdi Kanu
Leaders of various ethnic nationalities in Benue and Rivers state have asked Nnamdi Kanu to steer clear of their lands in his bid to expand the territory of his proposed Biafra Republic beyond the 5ā£ states in the Eastern part of Nigeria.
Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, alleged that an agent of the Federal Government whose name he did not disclose, offered him while in detention, to secede with the 5ā£ Igbo states but that he rejectedā the offer because it did not constitute the complete territory of Biafra.
But prominent indigenes of the ethnic groups in Benue and Rivers states, which he is seeking to annex, described the Biafran agitator as a jester.
Other prominent indigenes of Tiv, Idoma and Igede, the 3ā£ major ethnic groups in Benue State who also lashed out at Kanu included, a first-class traditional ruler in Tivland, the Tor Sankera, Abu King Shuluwa; a former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro; a former Minister of State for Education, Professor Jerry Agada and former Economic Adviser to former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Ode Ojowu.
Moro corroborated the šmonarchās submission stressing that the Igbo language, culture and tradition are clearly different from those of the 3ā£ tribes in Benue State.
Also in Rivers State, Ogbakor Ikwerre, a body of the Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality in Rivers State also disagreed with Kanu on his demand that Rivers State must be part of Biafra.
The President, Ijaw Youth Council, Eric Omare, asked Kanu to have a rethink about the territory of the Biafra of his dream and restrict it to the states of the South-East.
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