AMAECHI ASKS NDIGBO TO REJECT CATTLE COLONY, SAYS NIGERIA BEING GOVERNED BY UNKNOWN LAWS
AMAECHI
ASKS NDIGBO TO REJECT CATTLE COLONY, SAYS NIGERIA BEING GOVERNED BY UNKNOWN
LAWS
First Republic minister, Mbazulike Amaechi, stated that
governors of the South-East are behaving like Jelly fish and hiding their heads
in the sand like ostriches.
He said this while calling on the Igbo to reject the call
for the setting up of cattle colonies.
He also said Nigeria was being ruled by laws unknown to the majority of its
citizens.
The elder statesman said this on Tuesday at a meeting of the
Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, at the Universal Hotel, Enugu.
Other Igbo leaders in the gathering were Dr Azikiwe’s widow,
Prof Uche Azikiwe, foremost Constitutional Lawyer, Prof Ben Nwabueze, former
Director General of the National Orientation Agency and Secretary of Igbo
Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof Elochukwu Amucheazi, Deputy National Chairman of
ECA, Chief (Mrs) Maria Okwor as well as Mr Aniekan Akamkpan and Douglas
Warmate, both leaders from Akwa Ibom State and the Calabari Kingdom
respectively.
While giving reason for his call for the rejection of the
cattle colony, Amaechi said the proposal was meant to Islamise Nigeria.
According to Amaechi, the Fulani in the country were waging both the Boko Haram
and herdsmen wars on Nigerians as long plans to force Christians and
worshippers of other religions to become Muslims.
He said, “In Borno, they are killing the Kanuri who defeated
the jihadists from the Utman Dan Fodio Empire.
“They are also killing people of Zangon Kataf in Kaduna,
Tivs in Benue, as well as natives of Taraba- the Jukuns.
“In the southern part of Nigeria, it is only Governor Ayo
Fayose that is fighting for the people. The governors of the South East are
like jelly fishes. They are hiding their heads in the sand like ostriches.”