Igbo‘ll toe Ojukwu’s line if attacks continue, says Anglican bishop

By Nwanosike Onu 10 hours 43 minutes ago


Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, said yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, that the people of South-East will follow in the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's footstep by declaring war again if the Federal Government fails to address the issue of Boko Haram.

He spoke when Oil and Gas mogul, Dr Ifeanyi Uba’s foundation distributed kerosene and other items to indigent persons, widows and less privileged in Awka.

Chukwuma, who was not happy over the killing of Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect, said the names of Igbo people who have been killled were being compiled, adding that a meeting would soon be called on the issue.

He said: '’If the Federal Government fails to do something urgently, we shall declare war in Nigeria. Our quietness should not be seen as cowardice. If the issue is not addressed, we will resume  Ojukwu's fight against injustice. Enough is enough.'’

However, he said he was in Awka in his capacity as the South-East Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to give support to the Ifeanyi Uba Foundation for what it had been doing in the country.

He stated that even the poverty alleviation programme of the government had equally failed, adding that Ndigbo would look for a common platform in the next election to fight the imbalance in the system.

Chukwuma further berated the South-East leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for being unable to carry Ndigbo along, adding that the people of the zone would support the Chief of Capital Oil for whatever ambition he declares.

He noted that so many politicians in the South-East have failed the people of the zone by not providing jobs for the youth, adding that the politicians should open constituency offices for the youths.

He appluaded what the foundation was doing, stating that his Enugu diocese had supported over 2,614 widows in the state.

The founder of the foundation, Dr Ifeanyi Uba, announced that the exercise would be a continous one, adding that about 15 tanker loads of kerosene would be distributed at the rate of N60 per litre.

Over 4,000 indigent persons, 4,000 less privileged, 4,000 widows and phyiscally challenged, including over 5, 000 people aged 65 years and above got the largese of the foundation yesterday.

Each of them went home with one bag of rice while more than 20 motherless babies homes collected 10 bags of rice each with baby toys, sewing machines and cartons of biscuits, among other items.

Also, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , Chief Victor Umeh, told reporters that the Chief Executive of capital Oil and Gas, Dr Ifeanyi Uba, had joined the party.

Although he did not disclose whether he would turn out to be the governorship candidate of APGA, Umeh said APGA would not sell its governorship ticket for 2014 to anybody.

On the said earlier arrangement that APGA had zoned the governorship ticket to Anambra North, Umeh said there was no such arrangment, adding that if there was, the party would not honour it because the people of the area voted against APGA during the last general election in the state.

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