Former Vice President, Chief
Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Tuesday, assured of his fatherly support to the leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Ekwueme made the pledge when
the IPOB leader visited him at his Enugu residence, with a promise that he
would listen to advice from the elder statesman.
Kanu has since he was released
being paying thank-you visit to prominent persons and organizations, with a vow
that he would never give up on Biafra.
He had told Ekwueme that “I
have come to tell you that we find you invaluable in our advancement of our
people and in our course also to make life better for the public and for the
masses.
“So, I am humbled and
delighted to be here and also to bring you up to speed as to what we have been
doing, what motivated me; what motivated the IPOB to do what we have been
doing.
“It is more or less today an
expression, a political expression to the yearnings and aspirations of the
society; that’s what we are trying to do.
“The sum total of the struggle
by the IPOB, which I’m leading is to ensure that there is dignity of life.
“And for us to fulfill that
very mandate, we must be diligent, we must be focused, we must be sincere.
“So, I have come here to brief
my father as to why we do what we do and to get his blessings; anything he
tells me is what we are going to do, in so far as it advances our political
course as a people.”
Responding, Ekwueme said it
was a pleasure receiving the IPOB leader after all his travails, stressing “I
thank God that he is free and able to move around.”
“I will make my best counsel
available to him in his very onerous task of leading an organization that is
committed to bringing justice and equity among people, especially for our
people”, he added.
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