Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications, has said that the agitation for Biafra by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has degraded the chances of the South East producing a Nigerian president.
Dokpesi stated that some Nigerians believe that Kanu would force a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction to declare Biafra.
The communications mogul, in a statement he issued on Monday, restated his belief in a united and indivisible Nigeria.
The statement reads in part: “The emergence of IPOB and its influence across the South East has complicated and undermined the agitation for patriotic Nigerians of Igbo extraction to lead this nation as far as the 2023 election is concerned.
“If nobody has told Ohaneze Ndigbo before, the concern today from some other regions is that if Nnamdi Kanu plays the role of Aguiyi Ironsi in leading a militant revolt against constitutional government in the southeast under Igbo presidency, the president will be pressured by his base to facilitate the UN processes for the South East to call for independence from Nigeria.
“Thus an Igbo President may be compromised in protecting the political and geographic boundaries of Nigeria, whilst Nigeria remains under the threat of IPOB’s secessionist activities.”
(Daily Post)