Following the end of Nigerian Civil War, otherwise known as Nigeria/Biafra War, 1967-70, on 15th January, 1970, the Federal Government of Nigeria, under General Yakubu Gowon as Military Head of State, declared there was ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’.
Though, through exceptional entrepreneurial Ingenuity, the Igbo in Nigeria live almost like a People who have never heard, much more witnessed a war, the feeling of marginalisation has been very high in them. This feeling got to its climax during the eight-year tenure of Major-Generalas Nigeria’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, 2015-2023. He did not, at any time, hide his hatred for the Igbo whom he publicly derogatorily described as ‘a dot in a circle’.
The South-East, I honestly believe, is grateful to Mr President who is most likely disposed to give assent to the Bill once it gets to his table.
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