Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, the Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has made it clear the Nigerian Government will not bow to the demands of those he labelled as ‘insurgents’ in the South East.
According to the lawmaker, the Igbo-dominated South East region had tried separating from the country before which resulted to a civil war.
Bulkachuwa wondered if they (South East) want to take the same route again, warning that Nigerian government will have no choice.
According to him, the government will fight them and give them what they want.
“There are people who feel democracy is not good enough for them and they want to devise their own means of belonging to this entity called Nigeria and if they don’t have their wish, they’ll let Nigeria go to pieces,” he said on Channels Television.
“So is that anything that the constitution allows or encourages? So they’re absolutely outside the realm of the constitution.
“They’re just rebels, arsonists and criminals in short. So, what are we going to consider to even give them a chance to come and say their wish and let Nigeria tremble and bow before them and say ‘okay, we’ve granted you your wish.’
“Those insurgency in the Southeast, they’re all claiming that they want their own country called Biafra right? If that is the case, is it by killing people that they’ll get their country?
“They’ve tried it before, do they want us to go back to the same route? I don’t think so. But if they do, if that’s what they choose, has Nigeria got any choice?
“Will we just allow them, bow and say, ‘we’ll grant you your own wish?’ No. Nigerian government has to stand out, fight them and give them what they want.”
