Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, says Igbo ethnic group are scattered across the country, including the base of dreaded Boko Haram, Sambisa Forest, adding that he won’t be part of any plot to box them in a small geographical area.
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Ikpeazu asserted this when fielding questions from State House correspondents after his meeting with the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on the security situations in his state.
He said, “I do not see how as an Ibo man boxing myself into a smaller geographic entity without recourse of the most widely traveled people in Nigeria. There are Igbos in Sambisa, what are you expecting of them if I narrow their geography of coverage.”
Reacting to call that he should dethrone the traditional ruler of Afara Ukwu Ibeku Autonomous Community of the state, His Royal Highness, Eze Isreal Kanu, the father of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Gov. Ikpeazu said he was in disagreement with the request.
According to him, “I clearly separate Kanu from his father. The processes of handling traditional institutions are enshrined in the laws of our land.
“Traditional rulers who are members of our constituency have leadership, they will do the needful at the appropriate time. But for me, I think there is a clear division between Nnamdi Kanu and his father.”
