The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said that the Igbos are truly marginalised, and should quickly be integrated, to end the spate of agitation currently going on in the country.
He added that anyone planning to attack the Igbo people living in the Northern part of the country, should first attack him.
The top Monarch in the region made this disclosure when the World Igbo Union Leader, Mishack Nnanta, paid Sallah homage to him at his Palace in Sokoto.
“Igbos cannot leave peacefully in isolation from Nigeria. They should work towards ensuring proper integration, reconstruction as promised by Gen. Yakubu Gowon.
“They may agitate for the creation of more States in the South-East, to meet up with other geopolitical zones of the country,” he said.
He added: “If anybody or group of persons plans a negative attack on Igbo, he or they should attack me first, because I am against the so-called ultimatum issued by the Arewa youths, that Igbo should leave the North.”
He added that the agitation by some people for disintegration, “cannot solve any of the problems facing the country”, and that “dividing it into many parts is not the solution for the married of problems bedevilling the nation, because this will lead to towns and villages clamouring to become independent.”
He also blamed politicians for most of the problems faced by Nigerians. “They come to you during campaigns, promise you heaven in your house, air conditions on all roads, and milk entering your mouth hourly, without any effort from you.
“As soon as they win and go to Abuja, they start planning comfort for themselves, while those from the rural areas move to State capitals, abandoning those who voted them”, he lamented.
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