Eze Eberechi Dick denies declaring support for Biafra

THE chairman of South East traditional rulers council, Eze Eberechi Dick has denied declaring support for Biafra, saying that nobody should rope him into Biafra controversy.
Eze Dick spoke while reacting to a publication which alleged that he is supporting agitation for the creation of Biafan Republic.
Dick is also the chairman of Abia State Council of traditional rulers and newly installed Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, said he never declared support for the agitators.
“I have never discussed such with any one ant any given
time either in Abia or outside the state.
“I granted an interview to reporters after the university
convocation and when they asked me about Biafra, I told them that I am a traditional ruler and not a politician and that I have no interest
in politics”, Eze Dick explained.
He warned that nobody should drag him into the controversial Biafra issue as he believes in the development of Igboland under a united one Nigeria,
According to him, when he spoke to journalists in Minna after his induction as the Chancellor, he spoke on how he intends to take the University to the next level, pointing out that when the issue of Biafra came up he told them that he is not a politician.
Eze Dick said that his focus is on how to give Ndigbo a sense of
belonging and new direction as the leader of the traditional rulers
from the zone and not to try to divide the country in any means.
He said that what the country needs is a united Nigeria and not a divided one so that “together we can change the country and make it better instead of dividing it”.