''Ignore Biafra Agitation, It Is Another 419 Cum Drug Dealing Business To Make Money Off Nigeria - Obasanjo

The maverick former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is of the thinking that the clamour and brain behind the Pro-Biafra activism is  money making arousal, 419 to be précised . Obasanjo said yesterday Wednesday, October 29th, that Biafra ceased to exist after the civil war, hence, the present day Biafra groups should be ignored and not be taking seriously. OBJ said this in an exclusive interview with Punchng.com, at his Abeokuta mansion.

 

In his words;..“This is a fake agitation. You people make a mountain out of a molehill. These are boys who want to take people unaware and get money out of them in the name of Biafra. These are the people you should ignore, I don’t talk about Biafra. (Philip) Effiong came and said Biafra ceased to exist and since that day, Biafra has ceased to exist.”

 

“We absorbed those we should absorb both into the civil service and into the military. Even those we didn’t absorb, who we initially regarded as being retired without benefits, later on we even gave them their benefits. Abandoned houses were returned. Within 10 years of the end of our Civil War, an Igbo man became the vice-president of our country.

 

“It took the Americans 100 years before they got to that point. So, what are you talking about? They have held all the ministerial positions existing in this country. We have Igbo as the Governor of Central Bank, Igbo has headed many parastatals in this country.

 

“That’s why these miscreants should be ignored. They want to get money and they go round and say, ‘We are still being victimised. We are still being treated badly in Nigeria,’ so that they can take money from people.” “I won’t blame the Igbo leaders. I will ignore them (the agitators). Igbo leaders that I’ve talked about, I mean the ones I’ve mentioned; Joe Irukwu won’t go out and do that type of thing, and many of them.

 

The people who are doing this are the same people you will find in 419 business, they are the same people you will find in drugs all over the world. To them, this is another source of money for them as far as they are concerned.” Kudos to Punchng