THE Arch-Bishop, Province of Niger Delta, Most Reverend Ignatius Kattey, has said that the struggle for Biafra was not for thugs and miscreants.

Kattey explained that it was necessary for people that mattered, including lawmakers, to come together and decide whether Biafra should be or not.

He stated that though he was neither in support not against Biafra, it was not time to begin such agitation.

The cleric was making a reference to the agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra by members and supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

Speaking while delivering his sermon on Sunday during an inter-denominational service to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the Saint Thomas Anglican Church in Port Harcourt, Kattey insisted that the necessary authorities should take a decision on the matter.

“Men that matter, including House of Assembly and Representatives, Senate, should come together and decide whether they want Biafra or not. I am not against Biafra, I am also not in support of it.

Biafra is not for thugs; it is not for miscreants,” he stressed.

The cleric charged the Federal Government to always obey court orders, even as he decried a situation where those released by the court were rearrested within court premises by security agents.

“We must obey court orders. If the court releases a man, don’t catch him at the gate. I don’t support them (suspects, but let us abide by what the court has said. We must fear God because He has the final say,” Kattey added.