Chief George Moghalu, National Treasurer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Igbo people to stop agitating for Biafra.

“Igbos should rather embrace the clamour for restructuring. Igbo would stand to lose out should the Biafra project work out. 50 per cent of the property in Abuja and Lagos are owned by the Igbo where owners of such property would be accommodated in the few South-East States.”

“Biafra fate is worse with the Niger Delta states dissociating themselves from the struggle. Most of those clamouring for Biafra secession are ignorant of what they are asking for. The same people talking about Igbo presidency in 2023 are the ones talking about Biafra.”

“A lot of these agitators can’t distinguish between restructuring and secession. You can restructure a country, a government and how things are done; but secession is breaking away completely. You can’t be talking about Igbo presidency in 2023 and at the same time talking about Biafra secession. Where are we even coming back to? Will these five states contain all of us? We will be the greatest losers.”

“Most of the people involved in the agitation did not witness the civil war. Biafra of the civil war era is no longer the Biafra of today. Those being killed on a daily basis are people’s children, they are husbands of women. Those igniting this fire, their wives and children are not here. By the time it starts, they will all run away and leave us to die. History has shown that no conflict has ever ended on the battlefield. It always ends on the negotiation table.”