The former Lagos state police commissioner louded the south east leaders for keeping mute on the way the leader of indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu is going with his agitation for a republic of Biafra.
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"Every person who was born before 1960 knows exactly what has happened in this country we had this problem when there was a military coup and only a section of this country was targeted. There leaders and senior military officers were killed by a section of the society and these people happened to be the Igbo's.
"Aguyi ironsi was made the president and he came and unified the whole country without consultation with anybody then there was this counter coup and that was when the problem started and the Arewa people started agitating that 'Araba' 'Araba' that was the genesis of the problem.
"As regard asking people to go back to there place of origin, it is not the arewa people that started it. It was the Igbo's that started it, it was the igbos who invited every Igbo man living in other places to go back to the east and that was the beginning of the war.
"And that was when I was a young police inspector, that was why we were transfered from Lagos to Kaduna to replace those Igbo's that answered to that call.
"So the call by the Arewa youths is reminding us of the sad old days and it is not good. They must have done it out of anger and frustration because upon all that these Igbo's have gained in this country everyday they keep insulting and abusing us calling us all manner of names and we have distinguished Nigerians among the Igbo's who ordinarily should call these people to order but they are not calling them to order.
"I remember I saw a video where Ojukwu said he did not regret fighting for Biafra but he also advised the Igbo that nobody should try to do that again because with the number of people who died and the number of people who lost their properties it was not worth it.
"He said in that video that he was proud to lead the Biafran war but that he wouldn't advise anybody to go that way again, but when Kanu started, nobody among the prominent Igbo said anything to condemn it. They were allowing Kanu to say what ever he wants.
"I want to appeal to all the leaders in this country be it Igbo leaders, Arewa leaders, Yoruba leaders and others to try and douse this tension. If the Arewa youths should insist that Igbo's should go back to their area, we are creating another avenue for civil war. And no country fights two civil war and survive it."
He said.
