A former governor of Abia and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Orji Uzor Kalu in an interview on AIT recently said that the South-East was marginalised saying that “since the end of the civil war, the treatment meted on the south-east is different.”
Excerpts:
- On Biafra: “Let me correct you I said there is no need for it now. Because dividing the country would be a mistake. What matters is for people to live under the rule of law, social justice, and under true federalism.”
- Marginalisation: “Yes! The South-East is marginalised. I can tell you this. I am trained by Hausa/Fulani people, but I am not afraid of speaking the truth. The amenities given to people from the south-east are different.”
- What can be done: “The present government should look at appointments; they should look at who gets what and balance it. It doesn’t sound good that you have service chiefs with none from the south-east.”
- Other issues: “I can never be bought by anybody, money cannot buy me. I was governor for eight years with Obasanjo as president; if I wanted to be bought over I could have been bought over to support the third term agenda. So my loyalty and everything lies solely to the Nigerian people. It’s not ethnic.”
- On Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts: “I didn’t say categorically that he was in London, go and read what I told The Punch newspaper. I started looking for Kanu himself to talk to him. So somebody told me he went to a hotel and I sent people to the hotel and I called one of his relations who came to my house and I asked him where Kanu was, that I really want to talk to him. I didn’t say I discussed with Kanu and he told me he had left for London. His relation told me I should not bother about his safety because I told him that what matters to me is the safety of the man.”
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