In this interview with Chinedu Aroh, the National President of the Eastern Union, Hon Charles Anike, talks about ending sit-at-home in Southeast, expectations from the judiciary ahead of tribunal verdicts, best ways to tackle Niger imbroglio, and how fair President Bola Tinubu has been to the South-East in terms of appointments.
What we have is a situation where a well-intended advocacy protest of the group, targeted towards securing the release of its leader, who has been unlawfully incarcerated by the Nigerian government, has derailed. The IPOB members could not coordinate themselves after the arrest and subsequent detention of their leader. That warranted some criminal elements to hijack the programme, and turned it into means for terrorism. The terrorists disguise themselves as freedom fighters, and succeeded in crippling the economy of South East.
