Soyinka wants Igboland to burn – Nkire

A prominent Igbo politician and member of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Sam Nkire, has accused Prof. Wole Soyinka of wishing Igboland burnt down by pretending to love Igbos.
Nkire said Soyinka, by his recent statements supporting the resurrection of the Republic of Biafra was fanning the embers of discord in Igboland.
Nkire. who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the APC, said in Abuja that only those who want Igboland’s economy destroyed would encourage Igbos to go on fighting for secession from Nigeria.
He said he was disappointed to read that the highly respected Nobel Laureate could at this tensed period of Nigeria’s existence be “lending his leperous hand in the affairs of Igbo people in other to lead them to destruction”.
The APC BoT member added that he was aware that even the Yoruba tribe has had her own unfulfilled dreams since the creation of Nigeria, but has never gone to war.
He therefore advised Prof. Soyinka to switch his support for Biafra to the Republic of Oduduwa if he really means well.
Nkire further said no amount of incitement would make the Igbos go to war again for the sake of Biafra, adding that Igbos would remain in Nigeria and negotiate their way to power.
According to the APC chieftain, Igbos were wise enough to know those who wish them well and those envious of their industry and prosperity, adding that anyone who tries to incite Igbos at this point in time only wishes to see the zone return to being a theatre of war.