Orji Kalu: “I Will Stop IPOB If Sent To United Kingdom”; Says Biafra Not Needed |The Source

By Charles Igbo

Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu says he would stop, finally, the activities of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, if the Federal Government sends him to the United Kingdom.

The IPOB Leader, Nnamdi  Kalu, lives in the United Kingdom.

The group has been agitating for an independent Republic of Biafra, alleging prosecution, persecution and marginalization in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Federal Government proscribed the group, even though its agitation has been non-violent, almost.

A face-off, which has been described as unwarranted and unprovoked occurred between some members of the group and security personnel, a couple of weeks ago, in Emene, Enugu state, and left fatalities on both sides. IPOB says 21 youths were mowed down, while two security personnel were killed.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Kalu harped on the need for a united Nigeria, and asked IPOB to jettison the agitation for Biafra.

“I am an ardent believer of a unified Nigeria”, he said, adding that: “Nigerians are so entangled with each other that we can’t talk about separation.”

Expressing his readiness to meet the IPOB Leader, convince him to drop the agitation, and bring him back to Nigeria, Kalu said:

“If the Federal Government permits me, I will go to the United Kingdom and negotiate with Nnamdi Kanu to return to Nigeria.

“I will convince him to drop the agitation for Biafra because our people don’t need it.

“We need a united Nigeria that will allow different cultures and tongues to live peacefully in any part of Nigeria”.

The IPOB Leader was forced into exile after Federal Forces invaded his father’s Royal Palace in Afara, Umuahia, Abia State. He escaped harm, and suddenly surfaced in Israel after several months.

The Senate Chief Whip had said Kanu was in Brazil. It turned out he was in Israel, from where he returned to the United Kingdom, which citizen he is.

His parents, also, escaped. But they never made it back to their Palace, alive. Both Their Royal Highnesses died in exile, and were buried same day amid flood of tears.