“Pull Out The Soldiers From Igboland”– Onyeka Onwenu Tells Buhari

By Iwunze Kingsley June 11, 2021 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 0 Comments

Nigerian singer, actress and human right activist, Onyeka Onwenu has called on the Nigerian government over the killings in the southeastern part of the country.

Onwenu hails from Arondizuogu, a small town in Ideato North, Imo State, and was raised in Port Harcourt. She is the youngest daughter of Nigerian educationist and politician D. K. Onwenu, who died when she was four years old in an autocrash a week before his appointment as Minister for Education, leaving his widow, Hope, to raise five children alone after her husband’s family denied her access to his property.

While speaking at a press conference organized by the Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) in Lagos, Onwenu called out the Nigeria government over the killings in the Southeast

Onyeka, said that the Federal government ought to dialogue with the agitators in the region as it is part of their fundamental human rights.

Adding that, the federal government may not agree with the agitators, but they have the right to speak up.

She said;

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“We come here together with one thing in our mind: peace, love and equity. Something dreadful is happening in south east right now. I happened to come from Imo state and I know what people are passing through there. Please, federal government should stop the killings

“Some people want to agitate for referendum, it is their right. Some people want to cry out that they are being marginalized, it is their right. Listen to them. You may not agree with them, but they have the right to speak. We are begging, we are asking, please let’s 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.

“I 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”