Anthony Iwuoma
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has described the tactics adopted by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in their agitation for a separate state of their own as ‘harmful’ to the South East region.
Moghalu, who is also a former presidential candidate, in a series of tweets ahead of the Anambra governorship election, scheduled for Saturday, said the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra group was worrisome.
He also accused the Federal Government of mismanaging the IPOB agitation and deplored its preference of the use of force to dialogue.
He tweeted, “The complex problem of the IPOB sit-at-home order is a challenge. But that’s why there is a heavy security presence.
“@NigeriaGov has not handled the IPOB issue well with its exclusive reliance on force instead of including dialogue among its options in what is essentially a political conflict that has turned into criminality.
“Even worse is the failure and illegitimacy of the region’s traditional political elite, a vacuum IPOB occupied. But IPOB’s tactics are harming the Igbo greatly.
“Say what anyone may, the violence, state of fear, and staggering economic productivity losses, increase rather than reverse marginalisation and steals hope from the future of our young people in the region.”
He told Anambra people to go out and cast their votes on Saturday, adding that it is their civic right to do so.