Referendun: Grant Nnamdi Kanu’s Request, Amaechi Advises Buhari

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has thrown his weight behind the call for referendum by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Speaking in an interview with the Sun, the first republic politician called on President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and call for a referendum for the People of the south-east.

Amaechi was reacting to the marching order given to Service Chiefs by President Buhari to crush Biafra agitators.

He questioned why the government will focus on Nnamdi Kanu and observe mutism to the Arewa youths who have similarly threatened unity of the country.

He said: “If I wake up and say, I would go and blow up Aso Rock, would I be arrested, or when I march to Aso Rock fully armed?

“Why the focus on Nnamdi Kanu, what of the other Arewa youths who are committing similar or more grievous offences? What has been done to them?

“If Kanu breaks the law, let him be punished, not when he is unarmed and just making statement that his people are not being treated fairly.

“What Kanu is saying is that Igbo want to go, if you don’t agree with him, put it to plebiscite. That is how it has been done in other places.
“Scotland said it wanted to leave United Kingdom, and they put it to plebiscite, majority said they didn’t want to go away.

“I don’t see why it should be different in Nigeria. Plebiscite does not amount to war.

“In America, since Donald Trump came to power, two states have expressed the desire to quit US, has anybody killed them?

“The only thing is that when the demand becomes serious, the government will give the opportunity for the people to decide.

“What of those behind the anti-Igbo songs, what has the government done to them? What efforts have the security agencies made to bring them to book?”