Buhari: Biafra agitators never saw civil war

Those currently agitating for Biafra never witnessed the civil war which led to 2 million deaths, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday night.

He was speaking at the breaking of fast (iftar) with his cabinet at the presidential banquet hall, Aso Rock Villa, referring to the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and the‎ ‎Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (‎IPOB)‎.

‎”We need a lot of prayers. Certainly, with the nation’s economy going down, we haven’t developed agriculture, we are still trying to talk on those who will come and develop solid minerals for us,” he said.

‎”The militants in their various homes, we need to reflect very seriously on what happened between 1967 and 1970 where about two millions Nigerians lost their lives.

“At that time, as young military officers, you hardly heard of anything about petroleum or whatever money you got from it.

“Look at what General Yakubu Gowon said: ‘To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done’. Every soldier whether he has been to school or not knew what the general meant.

“But, we were quarreling with our brothers, we were not fighting an enemy and then somebody is saying that once again he wants Biafra.

“I think this is because he was not born when there was Biafra. We have to reflect on the historical antecedents to appreciate what is before us now and what we intend to leave for our children and our grand children.”