Constitutional lawyer and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday came down
hard on proponents of the agitation of Biafra Republic, saying they are
doing so for selfish reasons.
Speaking in a chat with Daily
Independent on why the agitation for Biafra became so serious after
former president Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, Sagay said those clamouring
for Biafra are doing so in order to intimidate President Muhammadu
Buhari into giving the Igbos positions they don’t deserve having rigged
themselves out of contention in the present administration.
Describing
the Igbos as die-hard loyalists of Jonathan, he said the Igbos who
occupied 50 percent of federal positions in the country under the
Jonathan administration resorted to rigging for the PDP in the last
general elections.
According to him, having lost out due to their
lack of principle, opportunism and rigging, the Igbos decided to
resurrect Biafra as a ploy to negotiate with the federal government for
appointments they don’t deserve.
“I have been studying elections
very closely in this country since 2007. The Igbos were committed to
Goodluck Jonathan. But they didn’t leave it at that just convince people
to vote for him”.
“They decided to rig for PDP and Jonathan. They did that yet, the party still lost out at the federal level. So, they lost out”.
“If
you look at Jonathan’s government, the Igbos were in almost 50 percent
of positions in this country. But they lost out because of their rigging
and opportunism and lack of principle”.
“And now they want to
take it out on Buhari by resurrecting Biafra. They want to intimidate
Buhari so much. They will now want to negotiate with them and start
giving them things and positions they don’t deserve. That is
intimidation and threat for no just cause”
“In summary, they
rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration and
they are not prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions” he
said.
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2016/01/igbo-intimidating-buhari-biafra-get-appointments-sagay/
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