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Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state on Special Duties, Arc. Joe Kyaagba has enjoined the Movement for Actualizatoin of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and other agitators for Biafra to refrain from the moves in the interest of one indivisible nation.
Speaking yesterday in Makurdi, Arc. Kyaagba noted with enthusiasm that the Igbo race has for long been reintegrated into the mainstream of Nigerian nationhood and urged them to discountece the agitation for the sake of peace and harmony.
The Special Adviser who himself is an inlaw to the Igbo, observed that any move to disintegrate the nation would degenerate disaffection among the nationalities and consequently lead to revisiting the 1963 mayhem which will not be in the best interest of anyone.
The APC Stalwart further argued that the Igbo people of South – East Nigeria has come a long way in the Nigerian project stressing that if in any way there is discrepancies which might not go down well with them it is rather better being addressed than resorting to disintegration.
“Frankly, even if there are grey areas which may not be well with them, there are channels of addressing such issues one among which can be convocation of National confab whereby every ethnic group would have the ample opportunity to present their grievance towards finding amicable resolution” .
He also expressed the view that dialogue must be implored by the aggrieved parties in resolving the impasse rather than confrontation which often lead to anarchy and chaos.