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BIAFRA: I’m Not Anti-Biafra or Anti-Nigeria-Uma Ukpai
Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai who is the President of Evangelistic Association, has appealed to those agitating for or against the creation of the independent state of Biafra to go about it responsibly, noting that no agitation should result in the loss of life.
Speaking with newsmen yesterday in Uyo, Ukpai debunked media publications which tended to portray him as anti-Biafra, saying he is not also anti-Nigeria but a Nigerian and a Biafran.
In his words: “Rev. Ukpai is a Nigerian; he is also a Biafran. He is one man in three places. I said that the Biafran boys agitating are Nigerians, but when you think of harming your brother, then it is crazy.
“Every Biafran as at today is a Nigerian until they are handed the flag of their independence. Every man who calls himself a Biafran today is a Nigerian,” he explained.”
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He noted that the approach for the emergence of Biafra and that of the federal government kicking against the agitation are both wrong.
“We should agitate for whatever we want without killing anybody. I have said it that before and I am saying it again that Nigerians love each other; it is only the leaders that are spoiling for war. So don’t destroy a life you cannot replace because of agitation,” he said.
Dr. Uma Ukpai said the agitation for Biafra is beyond Igbo presidency, as the struggle started even before the civil war in the 60s. He condemned the recent attack by the presidency on the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over his comment on the need to restructure Nigeria, stressing that the pastor is entitled to express his reservations.
He faulted the Company and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, which empowers the federal or state governments to take over the leadership of a church in crisis.
“You mean for government to take over the trustees of the church if there is a problem in the church, then who will take over government when there is a crisis among them?”