By Daniel Chibuike The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised form...
By Daniel Chibuike
The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial Zone in the
National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised former Head of State, General
Yakubu Gowon, to write a book chronicling his experiences as a former leader of
the country and revealing the truth about the 1966 coup, as former President
Ibrahim Babangida has done.
This is even as he expressed surprise that Justice Binta
Nyako still presided over the case brought against IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu,
after the judge’s earlier recusal.
Abaribe, who said this at Aba on Thursday during a press
conference to herald his 70th birthday coming up this weekend, stated that the
former Head of State owes Nigerians a duty to give an account of what happened
before and during his time in power, especially regarding claims that the
January 1966 coup was an Igbo coup.
The Senator, reacting to the trending IBB book, said that
the ex-President’s statement has dismissed the decades-long view in which some
persons wrongly tagged the first military intervention as “The Igbo Coup.”
“We are still waiting for that book by General Gowon because
he was a dramatic personnel and part of the missteps and mistakes that were
made at that time,” Senator Abaribe said.
He, however, faulted the section in the IBB book where
Babangida claimed that some actions taken during his regime were not decided by
him.
The Senator, who called for national peace, urged the
Federal Government to free IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, using political mechanisms,
lamenting that many criminal elements are now using the excuse of his continued
detention to commit crimes in the South East.
He also urged the Igbo people to unite and develop their
region and commended Governor Alex Otti, Chukwuma Soludo, and Peter Mbah for
their achievements so far.
The veteran lawmaker, noting that mortality rates are very
high in the country, appreciated God for preserving his life, adding that he
would be presenting a book on his birthday.
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