Chidi Samuel || The governors from the South East who met with Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Biafra separatist group, IOPB on Wednesday at the end of the meeting said dialogue and not confrontation was the only panacea needed to solve the agitation for Biafra.
At the meeting which took place at the Government House, Enugu, the governors told Kanu that the group must be flexible in their demands.
The governors also said that going forward, they intend to engage the leadership of IPOB to chart the way forward.
Ebonyi State governor and Chairman of South East Governors Forum, David Umahi, who read the communiqué after the meeting, spoke on the outcome.
“The meeting agreed that these demands by IPOB should not be absolute, rather the South-east Governors shall immediately engage the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and the entire leadership of IPOB to further meetings and dialogue with a view to quickening the resolutions of all issues amicably,” Mr. Umahi said.
The meeting between the governors, some South East leaders, and the IPOB leader took many by surprise lasted for more than two hours.
Kanu attended the meeting in the company of constitutional lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, who is also the leader of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, and Mr. Eliot Uko, deputy secretary of ILT.
The Chairman of the South-east Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; and Anambra Deputy Governor, Nkem Okeke, were present at the meeting.
The governors of Imo and Abia were absent at the meeting.