Former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State has taken the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the cleaners…
Nnamdi Kanu and Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu
“I believe everyone has right priorities and knows what really matters. For instance, our Igbo brothers are safe in the North and our minds are settled over their property, and that’s what matters. Dancing to the beats of a popular drum isn’t top of my list. These boys hurling abuses and insults at everyone that stands against division are simply ignorant. I forgive them.”
“My statement on Kanu’s whereabouts was an offshoot of an interview I granted to a reporter. It is pathetic that most Nigerians are interested in sensational headlines and care less about details. Biafra agitation is an issue that concerns a lot of people and keeping silent in the face of its dangerous consequence would amount to wickedness and disregard for safety of lives of the Igbo people.”
“IPOB is running the interest of some politicians and despising good counsel. It is laughable when people try to link my actions with corruption charges levelled against me since 2007. Nigerians know me before the charges and the genesis of the allegations and how it was targeted to destroy me politically. However the case is in a court of competent jurisdiction. I prefer not making further statements on it.”
“I wished the IPOB is more civil to monitor their utterances, attacking my personality and leaving the issue I raised makes them look irresponsible. The group’s activities should be carried out with civility and respect. The lives of Igbo people are priority to me.”
“I wonder how IPOB easily forgot their lines. They have had many of their detained members bailed through my intervention. Would it be appropriate for even somebody like Emma Powerful to heap unprintable insults and accusations on me? I bailed him out when he was detained and was left to rot in prison.”
“When Kanu was in prison, I was the first to visit him thus opening doors for others to do same. I did that because he is my brother. Although he showed a lot of appreciations during the visit but he still maintained his grounds on Biafra. For the sake of posterity, I have made my stand clear. In a restructured Nigeria, Igbo people would be better off. We got it wrong in 1967 and we need to get it right now, else we get it wrong again.”