A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Udom Ekpoudom, has described the quit notice given to Igbos by a coalition of Northern youths as a call for the division of the country.
He was reported by Vanguard to have said that the quit notice should not be seen as directed to Igbos alone but to all Southerners living in the north.
Udom Ekpoudom also faulted the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), saying it is against the laws of the land.
”It is an indirect call for division of the country which our founding fathers and nationalists suffered and died to protect”, he said.
“Those beating the drums of war have never experienced the pains of war. Most of those making inciting and hate speeches were too young or were not born when we had the Nigerian/Biafra war.
“It’s unfortunate that those people clamoring for war are being sponsored by people who don’t have value for this country or are having dual citizenship.”
According to him, there is still need to restructure the country’s system.
“We are,” he said, “still under colonial administration when we consider the ingredients of the existing constitution. There is need to restructure the country.”
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