President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to adopt dialogue
and not confrontation to stem the tide of secessionist agitations in the
country, which has further heated up the polity in recent time.
The Eselu of Iseluland in Yewa area of Ogun State, Oba Ebenezer
Akintunde Akinyemi, who made the appeal in an open letter to Buhari, a copy of
which was made available to The Guardian, yesterday, said dialogue with all
sections of the country, especially the South-east, which now looks like a war
zone.
“It is a fact that the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested to face charges against him,
but dialogue with all sections of the country will help to nip in the bud the
various security challenges, which have sprung up in the South-east and other
sections of the country.
“If dialogue is adopted, it will definitely prevent more of
Nnamdi Kanus from springing up in the South-east and other parts of the
country. I am also pleased to remind you that the peace we enjoy today in the
Niger Delta region is due to dialogue and not war,” he said.
The monarch said the tension in the country could be traced
to allegations of injustice and inequality from the south-eastern part of the
country, adding that the entire security challenges bedevilling the country
from the South-east will disappear within a twinkle of an eye, if and only if,
all sections of the country can come together to pave the way for the emergence
of a President of Igbo extraction in 2023.
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