The South-East has been grossly marginalized, there are over 30 Separatist Groups In the Region – Abaribe

Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has revealed that aside from the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, there are over 30 other separatist organisations in the South-East zone of the country.

Speaking during in an interview aired on Channels Television, the Senate Minority leader lamented that the people of the South-East have been grossly marginalised and unfairly treated by the All Progressives Congress government hence the need for the several agitations.

He stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration might crush secessionist agitators but it would be difficult for the government to crush the ideology until the current administration address the root cause of the problem and embrace dialogue.

When asked whether he was a supporter of IPOB, the Abaribe said, “I am a supporter of the cries of our people against injustice…I stand with my people.

“One of the biggest problems that the media also has is that they tag everything IPOB in the South-East. You won’t believe that there are more than 30 different separatist organisations. IPOB, MASSOB, there are so many and each one of them come back to the same thing.”

“Why we are having separatist agitations everywhere in the country is that some people are unable to manage our diversity,” he added.