Nnamdi Kanu : ‘We are so daft that any mad man can rise somewhere and make a name in Nigeria’ – Rochas Okorocha

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha  spoken to LIB on the current Biafra agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu , the governor said, ‘IPOB is overpriced, these are young men seeking for relevance as a means of livelihood and that’s too tell you how daft our country can be, any mad man can rise somewhere and make a name. Honestly, Its over priced, even the way it’s handled was also over handled and I kept telling them that this boy (Nnamdi Kanu) is inconsequential in the matter, but he was given a national attention branding the whole IGBOs as IPOB and branding’.

He continued to say, ‘Its laughable because you can’t imagine Nnamdi Kanu telling us to follow him to war and we will follow him, that’s the greatest insult to the people of this area but he was over handled. Anyone can come today and start a church called ‘Kill every human being church’, people will join you, there are always people for everything you do. I would have handled it differently’.

We asked how and he said, ‘first I understand the problem that this is an agitation by a young man and I will make sure I circle him out from the rest of the society, make him a loner within that area and not allowing him brand the entire Igbo race as IPOB. There were no better people to stop Nnamdi Kanu than the Igbos themselves. Even ordinary youth group of the South East would have stopped him’.

But the youth seem to be behind him we queried, ‘no its not true. You see when you start something and a bigger force takes over, everyone relaxes‘ he said.

Then we asked what the present state of the IPOB agitation in the South East is and the governor said, ‘Its quite and calm. The military has shown its force even though most people criticized their overreaction but for what its worth, the area is calm and peaceful now’.