Elder statesman and a former President General of Ohanaeze,
Dozie Ikedife has replied the British Government over its recent statement that
Nigeria remains indivisible.
He declared that no one can stop the actualisation of the
Republic of Biafra.
Ikedife was reacting to a recent statement credited to the British
High Commissioner to Nigeria Paul Arkwright; where he affirmed that the United
Kingdom was behind one and indivisible Nigeria.
“The strength of Nigeria is not in her money or oil but her
greatest asset remains her well-endowed and resourceful people,” Arkwright had
said.
Reacting however, the former Ohanaeze leader said Arkwright
was only entitled to his opinion and such would not deter his people from
achieving their aim.
He said, “such a statement or position is not a surprise
because when people from the Southeast were being killed in some parts of
Nigeria, and were virtually pushed out of Nigeria, and when they declared
Republic of Biafra, as their own and home, the British government helped to
suppress that by supporting Nigeria along with one or two European countries.
“No, it will only heighten our resolve to achieve what we
set out to achieve, knowing that they are people or nations that oppose it for
selfish reasons.”
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
