Former Kano
State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central) yesterday said
Igbo in the North cannot leave the region because of their numerous
investments.
He also said
the size of the land Igbo presently occupy in the North is more than the entire
South East geopolitical zone.
Speaking in
an interview on the agitation for secession by Igbo groups and the quit notice
by some northern groups, he said none of the millions of Igbo in the North
would support breakup of Nigeria.
“Igbo have
nowhere to go. They have more assets in the North more than 80 percent or so of
what the northerners have in the East. The land Igbo are holding in the North
is more than the whole South East,” he said.
Kwankwaso,
who chairs the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, said
the agitation at both sides does not portray the country in good light among
the comity of nations.
He said
there was urgent need for all stakeholders in the country to put hands on deck
to make peace saying, “The unity and development of the country is key to all
other things, therefore we will continue to stand by it. Therefore, I call on
all to join hands in ensuring that there is peace. We should use our resources
to ensure that nobody raise hands to destroy the unity of the country. Talking
of secession is going too far.
“Some people
doing it because of their personal interest. I wouldn’t be surprised that the
young man (Nnamdi Kanu) will contest for an election in the next general
elections. They started agitation to galvanize support and at the end, they
would contest for an election.”
Kwankwaso
said during his tenure as governor, a layout known as ‘New Enugu’ was carved
out in Kano for the Igbo, saying the Igbo are more comfortable there than their
states of origin.
On the quit
notice by some northern youths, he said the general consensus in the North was
that the country is better as one family.
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