South East Leaders Tackle FG On Restructuring

Some leaders of South East have tackled the federal government over issues bothering on restructuring of the country, release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPB), Nnamdi Kanu from prison and trial of Deputy Senate President, Ike EkweremaduSpeaking at the townhall meeting in Enugu, yesterday, the Arch Bishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma ,warned that if the All Progressives Party (APC)-led federal government succeeded in removing Senator Ekweremadu as deputy Senate President, Igbos may be forcd to rethink their membership of the country.The cleric faulted what he called the lopsided fight against corruption and the marginalisation of the people of the South East geo-political zone in key federal appointments, insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari must address the issues in order to foster unity and sense of belonging among every part of the country.Chukwuma urged Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha to leave Ekweremadu alone or Igbos would disown him.Ekweremadu should be left alone to do his work, he has been elected constitutionally as deputy senate president and nobody can remove him there. If they do that it, it means that this government doesnt wantthe Igbos, then you are calling for its secession from Nigeria because that is the high ranking position we have and we are all behind him and he has been performing, and he should be left to perform, he said.The president of the Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in his speech, declared that the plot by some forces within the APC to remove Ekweremadu is a very dangerous dimension, adding that Ekweremadu is not a product of the South-East but the entire Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.Reacting to the demand for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Isiguzoro maintained that the Federal Government must immediately release Nnamdi Kanu, adding that it is the only thing that will assuage the feelings of people of the South-East.
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