By Vanguard
ENUGU—SECOND republic Vice President, Dr. Alex
Ekwueme has noted that the activities of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, and its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
were aimed at enthroning justice in Nigeria.
Ekwueme also said that IPOB’s agitation is pursuant to
equity among all peoples of Nigeria, particularly the Igbo.
The former Vice President made the remarks, yesterday,
when the IPOB leader visited him in his Enugu residence.
He said he was happy to receive Kanu in his house and
promised to privately offer his advice to him on how to
carry on with his agitation for restoration of a Biafra
republic.
Former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and Independent
People of Biafra’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu during Kanu’s
visit to the former Vice President, in Enugu on Wednesday
Ekwueme said: “For me, it is a pleasure receiving Nnamdi
Kanu in my humble abode here today after all his travails
in the last few months. I thank God that he is free and
able to move around and for me to be able to see him
here in this house.
“It is a pleasure for me to receive him. I will make my best
counsel available in his task of leading an agitation that is
committed to maintenance of justice and equity among all
peoples, especially our people.”
The IPOB leader, Kanu, told Ekwueme that he was in his
house to seek his wise counsel, noting, he had learnt one
or two things from the former Vice President that he never
read in history text books in his life.
Kanu said he found Ekwueme invaluable in the
advancement of Igbo people, particularly as his (Kanu’s)
activities were strived to make life better for the masses.
“I am humbled and delighted to be here before you and
also to bring you up-to-date on what we have been doing;
what motivates me to do what I do and what motivates
IPOB today to do what we have been doing.
“It’s to give an expression to the yearnings and
aspirations for a better society. That’s what we are trying
to do, because the sum total of all the activities of IPOB is
to ensure that there is dignity of life and for us to fulfill
that simple mission, we must be very diligent, we must be
focused, sincere and we must also be very honest.
“So, I’ve come here today to meet my father and to
explain why we do what we do and also to get his
blessings on going forward. Anything you tell me to do is
what we are going to do as far as it advances our
collective cause as a people and pushes us to the
pinnacle of success on what we want to do.”
Ekwueme met Kanu behind closed doors.
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