Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the National Assembly, has said that lasting peace will continue to elude the South-East region until the federal government addresses the people’s long-standing sense of marginalisation.
Speaking on the region’s challenges, Nwoko said the creation of Anioma State and the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are key steps towards resolving the crisis and restoring peace.
“The problem in the South-East has to do with perceived injustice by successive governments,” the senator said. “So what needs to be done, and it’s one of the reasons I am here today, is the creation of a new state to make up the number to six, and then the release of Nnamdi Kanu.”
According to him, granting these two demands would go a long way in pacifying agitations and healing the wounds of marginalisation felt across the region.
“By the time you do these two things, I am almost certain that peace will return to the South-East,” Nwoko added.
