Politician and businessman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop treating the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kalu, as a hero.

Iwuanyanwu advised President Buhari not to treat the IPOB leader as an important personality by keeping him in detention for months but to quickly try him in court.

Iwuanyanwu, who spoke on Friday at the National Executive Council meeting of the Nigerian Union of journalists in Owerri, the Imo state capital, said Igbo desired to produce the president of the country and not to separate from it.


He said, “Igbo people are majority tribe in Nigeria. We are everywhere and doing greatly.”

He urged the President to quickly summon a meeting of elders in the country in order to find a permanent solution to the Niger Delta problems and insurgency.

Iwuanyanwu also berated the Niger Delta militants for blowing up oil pipelines, describing the act as stupidity capable of hindering the progress in the region.

Also, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who spoke at the event, said the country’s unity was non-negotiable.

The governor vowed to do everything to keep the country as one.

Okorocha said, “I see myself as an unusual Nigerian. While Igbo parents gave birth to me, I was born in the North, went to school there and even married in the North there. I was empowered by the West. For me, there is no better place to call our own than Nigeria. We must do everything possible to protect the country from those who seek its downfall.”

On his part, National President of NUJ, Mr. Waheed Odusile, said the union was happy with the ongoing war against graft, urging the Federal Government to allow journalists practise without restriction.

Source: http://punchng.com/igbo-want-presidency-not-biafra-says-iwuanyanwu/

Joker.

If it's the presidency they want, what brought about Biafra? Or do they want to change Nigeria to Biafra after winning it.

IPOB trolls in nairaland won't like this they would soon flood this thread to spew venomous saliva.

Dem no go see presidency or even biafra sef, major tribe my foot

Confused set of people.

All of your governors, elder statesmen, IPOB yuts should meet and have a consensus

AjiereTuwo:
Dem no go see presidency or even biafra sef, major tribe my foot

No army can oppress a people foever

We need industrialist as president not a military man, we needed an economist not crimal, we needed industrial evolution springs up everywhere in the country not MMM

yeah


shey bi they will dash them presidency on platter.

after hating and abusing every tribe in nigeria, they will do it all alone.


their 5% votes ill give them aso rock or biafra

Who will vote for the Igbo president??

After they have finished insulting all the ethnic groups in Nigeria??

Unless I see that the said Igbo is a detribalised Nigerian

we want atiku,gej as president we want biafra

Iwanyanwu is afonja.......ipod yoots!!!

For brexit to be a success, every Britain didn't vote for it. Some were against it either for personal,political or financial interest/reasons. Same applies here but one thing for sure is that more than 95% of our people want Biafra.

#InBiafraWeStand.

Of what use is the Presidency of Nigeria to us Igbos when it has not helped those who have held it in the past?

Nigeria is running on a broken system, no matter who holds the presidency, nothing will change.

we igbos want atiku or gej as president ,we also want biafra