Imo State governor and Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has stated that he will meet with other governors in the South-East, the leadership of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, and other stakeholders in the geo-political zone over how to check the activities of pro-Biafra groups in the area.
The meeting, according to the governor, is expected to take place this weekend in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Already the governor has begun to make all the necessary contacts to ensure that all those expected to be at the meeting, would be in attendance.
Okorocha had earlier, while taking exception to the pro-Biafra violent protests in some of the South-East states and few other neighbouring states, disassociated the governors and leaders in the south-east states from the MASSOB protest.
He described the whole exercise as embarrassing, disturbing, counter-productive and to a large extent, distracting.
According to Okorocha, the pro-Biafra protests could not be in the interest of the south-east people but were only sending wrong signals to the rest of Nigerians.
He added that it has become increasingly necessary for the governors in the zone, Ohaneze leaders and other stakeholders in the area to meet and make a pronouncement on the issue.
It is also expected that at the end of the Owerri meeting, the governors and other leaders will take a common position and invite the leaders of the pro-Biafra groups for a meeting to let them know the socio-economic and political implications of their activities including their demand for sovereignty in a united Nigeria.
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