Acting
President accuses politicians of massive embezzlement
• Arewa,
MASSOB agree on nation’s unity
• State of
Biafra can’t be by violent means, says Uwazuruike
• Accuses
Nnamdi Kanu of working for politicians
The Acting
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has hinged the rising wave of agitations
on failure of the states to provide basic needs for the people, forcing them to
seek for succour in their respective tribal groups.
Besides, he
said the political elite had failed the masses through massive embezzlement of
funds meant for the social welfare of Nigerians. Osinbajo, who spoke yesterday
during the 50th conference of the Nigerian Law Teachers Association in Awka,
Anambra State, also decried the level of unemployment, which he says, has
forced the Nigerian youths to become tools used as kidnappers, anti-social
agitators and violence of any sort by politicians and money-bags.
He said: “A
lot of these agitations centered around the alleged failure of the states to
create an inclusive society, a failure to guarantee the security of lives and
property by the agencies charged with the responsibility, and to build trust
around the rule of law and justice system of administration.
“Most of the
security problems confronting the nation are self-inflicted by corrupt
practices, injustices, among others. The Boko Haram in the North-East,
militants in the Niger Delta and farmers/herdsmen clashes were as a result of
poverty.”
Meanwhile,
northern leaders and the Igbo yesterday converged at the Arewa House in Kaduna
and agreed to work for the unity, peace and sovereignty of Nigeria. They also
met with prominent Arewa elders to ensure that the unity of Nigeria does not
come under threat as a result of the agitation for Biafra Republic and the quit
notice handed down by the northern youths to the Igbo.
Speaking at
the commemoration of the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election,
leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief
Raph Uwazuruike, said the action of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, urging the enforcement of the Biafran State, was counter-productive
to the common interest of all Nigerians who have decided to live in peace after
the civil war.
He said that
all efforts should be put together to ensure that both the Igbo, northerners
and other Nigerians live together in unity and peace, saying that
self-determination by any group in any country could not be achieved by force.
Also, former
Security Chief to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Mustapha, Al-Mustapha
said that “the responsible leadership of the Igbo and those of the North have decided
to come together to talk sincerely and bluntly and look for solution to the
on-going trend, which would be arrested and we would put a stop to it.”
According to
him: “Time has come when the youths of this country should wear their thinking
cap, from the North and from the South. “We the leaders from the North and East
are seated today all through the initiatives of people committed to the
well-being of Nigerians. We are here today to declare that the messages spread
by Kanu are unacceptable. Our younger ones, who also reacted to Kanu, acted
wrongly because in the North, we have a culture of law and communication to
evaluate issues before you react. The North is home to all Igbo.”
Besides, he
urged the government to withdraw the arrest warrant against all “our younger
ones that are declared wanted; they should be set free and allow to operate,”
saying that “the spirit of love and affection and commitment as youths fighting
for their people was what prompted them to react to Kanu.”
“If Kanu was
wrong, they have reacted. If elders are wrong, then they are wrong. Today, they
should be freed; this matter has come to an end God’s willing. People should
understand that the unity of this country should not be compromised,”
Al-Mustapha added.
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