Joy Onuorah

Veteran Nigerian singer, actress and Human Rights activist, Onyeka Onwenu, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw troops deployed to the South East and dialogue with secessionist agitators and youths in the region to stop the killings.

Onwenu disclosed this at a Press Conference organised by the Credible Igbo Women Initiative, CIWI, in Lagos.

She said, “Something dreadful is happening in the South-East right now. I happened to come from Imo state and I know what people are passing through there. Please, the Federal Government should stop the killings.
“Some people want to agitate for a Referendum, it is their right. Some people want to cry out that they are being marginalised, it is their right. Listen to them. You may not agree with them, but they have the right to speak”.

She enjoined the government to talk to aggrieved parties and youths in the South-East region, adding that the Igbo people had the right to agitate.

“We are begging, we are asking, please let us sit down and talk about what is going on. Let’s call our people who are agitating, who are not happy with the situation and talk to them. Nigerian government let’s talk. Pull out the troops from Igboland,” she lamented.

Onwenu also tasked the youths to embrace dialogue with the government.

“I also want to use this opportunity to reach out to our young people to embrace dialogue. Please, come let’s talk. We will stand for the right of Igbo people,” Onwenu pleaded.