Reno Omokri, social media commentator and a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has pressurized President Muhammadu Buhari to consider appointing an Igbo man as a replacement of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru.
Recall that the late COAS and ten other officers died in a plane crash when the Beachcraft 350 aircraft came down due to bad weather close to the Kaduna Airport on Friday.
Reno said this while sharing his opinion on how to stop the rise of secessionists in the Southeast. According to him, the current administration should stop being igbophobic and include Easterners in political issues.
He wrote;
“The best way to fight the rise of secessionists in the Southeast is not with guns, bullets and helicopter gunships. Give them development. Stop your nepotism.
Be fair and balanced in your appointments. Consider an Igbo man to replace General Attahiru. Abandon the 97% versus 5% mentality.
Lose your Igbophobia. Visit each Igbo state (Buhari has not visited Igboland since the 2019 election). Make Igbo monarchs pro-chancellors of federal universities in Northern Nigeria.
Genuinely pursue an extra state for the Southeast in the Constitutional Reform process, so they are equal with other geopolitical zones.
Encourage a major political party to consider an Igbo Presidential candidate. Embrace Igbos and Igbos will embrace Nigeria”
