Niger Delta not in support of any struggle to break up Nigeria - Chief Igbe

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- A prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Anabs Sara Igbe has said the Niger Delta region is not in support of Biafra agitation 

- Igbe said the region is only after restructuring of the nation 

- He opined that restructuring will bring peace to the nation

A prominent Ijaw leader and a member of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Anabs Sara Igbe has said that the Niger Delta region is not in support of Biafra agitation, Daily Trust reports. Chief Igbe stated that the region was not in any struggle to break up Nigeria, stressing that they are only asking for restructuring based on true federalism. According to him, Niger Deltans had made their position clear on how the country should be restructured. 

His words: “We have made our position very clear on how the country should be restructured. We want resource control where we can pay tax to the state and have firm control of our resources. “We want total restructuring where each component of the federation can produce what they have. We want true federalism. “When the Niger Delta youths gave ultimatum to Hausa and Yoruba, we condemned it in its totality.

“We believe that Nigeria is one and every Nigerian has right to reside in any part of the country. We need peace in Niger Delta. We want people to come to Niger Delta and invest.”

Meanwhile, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said the mode of his group's campaign has woken Igbo elites from their slumber. Kanu made the comment on Monday, September 4 in Owerri, the Imo state capital, after he met with the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), as part of his consultations towards the realization for Biafra Republic. 

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Kanu said: “I am glad that the elite are coming on board. We are all elite, including the carpenter and the mechanic by the road side, who have understanding of the times, as long as they can make sense and articulate their viewpoints and channel them towards emancipating our people.”