Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark has warned that Nigeria will not experience peace if the zoning which was supposed to give the Igbo people a sense of belonging is buried.
He said the South East has been one of Nigeria’s “three-legged pot”, adding that part was incapacitated during the civil war.
He said since the civil war Nigeria has not been steady again, noting that only power rotation can heal the Igbo’s wounds
The elderstateman spoke on Arise TV programme.
He said Yakubu Gowon should have allowed the Igbo to secede during his tenure as military head of state instead of being treated like second class citizens long after war.
He said, “When Lord Fredrick Luggard created Nigeria in 1914, it did not say some people are superior to the other. Nigeria was a three-legged pot,” he said.
“One leg is in the north, the two others in the west and east. But one was destroyed during the war, and Nigeria has not been steady. Nigeria stood on three legs, and it has never been steady since one of the legs was destroyed during the Civil War.
“Gowon should have allowed the Igbos to go if they are to be treated as second class citizens. You have no moral justification for keeping second class citizens in your country.
“There will be no peace. Their children are growing up and asking questions. If zoning which will heal the Igbo leg is not done, Nigeria is not straight. So if you say zoning is dead or rotation is buried, then there will be no Nigeria.”