BEVERLY HILLS, June 22, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has advised members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Niger Delta Avengers, and all those clamouring for the Republic of Biafra to reflect over what befell the country during the civil war.
Buhari gave the counsel on Wednesday at a breaking of fast meeting with members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at the banquet hall, Aso Villa, Abuja recalling that the war, between 1967 and 1970, took about 2 million lives.
“The militants in their various homes will need to reflect very seriously on what happened between 1967 and 1970, where about 2 million Nigerians lost their lives. At that time, as young military officers, you hardly heard of anything about petroleum or whatever money you got from it.
“Look at what General Yakubu Gowon said: ‘To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done,’ and every soldier, whether he had been to school or not knew what the General meant.
“But, we were quarrelling with our brothers, we were not fighting an enemy and then somebody is saying that once again he wants Biafra.
“I think this is because he was not born when there was Biafra. We have to reflect on the historical antecedents to appreciate what is before us now and what we intend to leave for our children and our grandchildren.”
Story by David Oputah
