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BIAFRA: Agitators should not be violent -Uma Ukpai

By Samuel Ogenyi,Uyo

The President of Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Dr Uma Ukpai has appealed to those agitating for or against the creation of Independent State of Biafra to go about it responsibly, stressing that no agitation should result in loss of life.

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Speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Uyo, Ukpai debunked media publications which tended to portray him as anti- Biafra.

He maintained that he is not also  anti- Nigeria but both a Nigerian and a Biafran.

“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 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.

He faulted the approach for the emergence of Biafra and the approach by the federal government to kick against the agitation were both wrong. 

“We should agitate for whatever we want without killing anybody. I had said it that before and I’m 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.

Ukpai said the agitation for Biafra is beyond Igbo presidency, as the struggle started even before Nigerian 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 RCCG pastor is entitled to express his reservations.

He faulted the Company and Allied Matters Act, CAMA,  which empowers  the Federal or the State government to take over the leadership of a church in crisis.

 “You mean for governments to take over the trustees of the church if there occurs problem in the church, then who will take over governments when there is crisis among them?”

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